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[ "Washington (CNN) -- The National Tea Party Federation, which seeks to represent the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled the Tea Party Express because of an inflammatory blog post its leader, Mark Williams, wrote last week responding to criticism from the NAACP.", "Williams' blog post satirized a fictional letter from what he called \"Colored People\" to President Abraham Lincoln.", "Even before this current controversy, the group was criticized by some within the Tea Party movement for being run by Republican consultants and for trying to influence GOP primaries far from its base in Sacramento, California.", "CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser sums up the Tea Party Express and its place in the larger Tea Party movement: .", "High profile: The Tea Party Express is one of the best-known groups in the movement because of its three high-profile bus caravans and rallies.", "Sarah Palin spoke at the beginning of its third caravan, which began in Searchlight, Nevada, and its next-to-the-last stop in Boston, Massachusetts, before it ended with a Tax Day rally in Washington.", "Political impact: The Tea Party Express has become a major player in Republican politics, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads for Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown in Massachusetts who upset Democrat Martha Coakley to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat.", "More recently, the organization helped little-known Sharron Angle win the Republican primary in Nevada to face Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, endorsing her and spending about a half-million dollars on ads for her.", "The organization says it plans to spend more to help her get elected.", "The group also targeted incumbent Sen. Bob Bennett in Utah for his vote on the Troubled Assets Recovery Program and helped defeat his bid for a fourth term.", "It then backed underdog Mike Lee's successful primary campaign and Lee now appears to be a shoo-in to win the general election in November and join the Senate next year.", "Political action: The group runs the \"Our Country Deserves Better PAC-Tea Party Express.org\" political action committee, which was formed in 2008 to help raise money to oppose presidential candidate Barack Obama.", "It was created by Republican political consultant Joe Wierzbicki, who appears to have come up with the original Tea Party Express cross-country caravan.", "What's next? : The Tea Party Express is targeting GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska and has endorsed her little-know primary challenger Joe Miller.", "It plans a Monday event to announce its support." ]	[ "CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser sums up the Tea Party Express .", "The National Tea Party Federation expels the Tea Party Express .", "The reason?", "An inflammatory blog post its leader wrote about the NAACP ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- A top military official at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of duty and charged with knowingly falsifying his personnel records.", "Command Sgt.", "Maj. Stoney Crump, the senior enlisted officer for the Medical Center Brigade, had the \"intent to deceive\" when he submitted a false official record incorrectly stating that he had attended several military educational courses, according to the Army charge sheet.", "Among the courses he is alleged to have attended were Reconnaissance School, Sniper School,; Drill Sergeant Course,; U.S. Army Ranger School and several Special Forces schools and courses, the Army charge sheet says.", "Crump is also charged with falsely stating in a biography he was a registered nurse.", "Other charges say he knowingly wore up to fifteen service ribbons and awards he was not entitled to wear, including a Marine Corps Combat Action ribbon and a Presidential Unit Citation, which is awarded for an extremely meritorious or heroic act, usually in the face of an armed enemy.", "In 13 separate counts, Crump is charged under two different sections of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.", "This opens the door to a possible court martial proceeding.", "The alleged falsification of his records and biography date back to 2007 when Crump was stationed in Germany and has continued until April of this year, according to the charge sheet.", "As the top enlisted soldier assigned to the Walter Reed medical brigade, Crump would have had continuous contact with wounded troops at the hospital who have won numerous medals and awards in the combat zone." ]	[ "Medical brigade's senior enlisted officer claims to have attended several educational courses .", "Sgt.", "Maj. Stoney Crump may face court martial .", "Crump is also charged with wearing as many as 15 service ribbons he isn't entitled to wear ." ]	[ 1, 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Bryant Gumbel made an unexpected announcement Tuesday morning as a guest host on \"Live!", "With Regis & Kelly.\"", "The host of HBO's \"Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel\" had surgery two months ago to remove a malignant tumor on his lung.", "Gumbel, 61, appeared on the morning talk show to fill in for Regis Philbin, who recently underwent a successful hip surgery.", "Gumbel, a cigar smoker, brought up his surgery after chatting with co-host Kelly Ripa about his inability to dance.", "\"I can't,\" he said. \"I have a note from my doctor.\"", "The former \"Today\" show host explained to viewers that he has told few people about the surgery in which part of his lung was removed.", "\"They opened up my chest; they took a malignant tumor, part of my lung and some other goodies,\" he said.", "\"The pathology on most of the stuff came back benign but enough aggressive cells had escaped the tumor that it warranted some treatment.\"", "Gumbel kept the treatment close to the vest.", "\"We had told a few people.", "We told my family, obviously,\" Gumbel said.", "\"I even kept it from my staff at 'Real Sports.'", "\" Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the United States, but it's also the most preventable, according to the American Cancer Society.", "Gumbel said he and his doctor are hoping his treatment is complete.", "\"I'm OK for the time being,\" Gumbel told the audience.", "He added that he'll see his surgeon next week and said he's even hoping he'll get the green light to hit the links again." ]	[ "Bryant Gumbel said he had lung cancer surgery on \"Regis & Kelly\"\nGumbel has kept his treatment quiet; he says few people know outside of his family .", "Ex-\"Today\" host says surgery removed part of his lung .", "Gumbel says he's hopeful that he'll soon be able to golf again ." ]	[ 1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 16 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- An EMT worker who was involved in a controversial incident in which a pregnant woman died last year was shot and killed Sunday, New York police said.", "Authorities said they had no immediate link between the EMT's shooting and the widely publicized case last year but that would be an aspect of their investigation.", "\"That part of the case will be investigated by NYPD.", "We will be in touch with Manhattan detectives who will be investigating the murder (of the EMT),\" Brooklyn District Attorney spokesman Jerry Schmetterer.", "The case involving the EMT -- Jason Green -- and a pregnant woman occurred in Brooklyn last December 9.", "The woman, Eutisha Rennix, was working as a waitress at a cafe when she collapsed.", "Rennix's coworkers said Green and a fellow EMT were in the cafe when Rennix collapsed but the two EMTs reportedly told the co-workers to call 911 and left the cafe without aiding the stricken woman.", "Rennix later died at a hospital.", "A spokesman for the EMT and paramedics union said after the incident that Green and his colleague were medical dispatchers and that they did not work with patients.", "The spokesman added that Green's colleague made a 911 emergency call herself in an effort to get help for the stricken woman.", "Following the incident, the fire department suspended the two EMTs without pay for but were reinstated shortly thereafter, EMT spokesman Robert Ungar said Sunday.", "\"He (Green) was an EMT with the emergency medical services bureau of the fire department for seven years.", "He was working as a dispatcher and was back on duty at the time of his death (Sunday).", "At the time of the previous investigation, the law only provides for suspension of workers up to 30 days.\"", "Ungar said.", "Green, 31, was shot outside a downtown Manhattan nightclub at about 5 a.m. Sunday.", "Police said that Green was shot once in the face and was pronounced dead at a hospital.", "No arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon, and NYPD homicide Detective Richard Tireli said that \"the investigation is ongoing.\"", "Meanwhile Brooklyn authorities said Sunday their investigation into Rennix's death was continuing.", "\"Our involvement is with the incident at the cafe and it's currently still open.", "The investigation was if there was any criminality involved and if they have violated any criminal laws ...", "The case is nearing completion and every angle will be investigated.\"", "Schmetterer of the Brooklyn district attorney's office said." ]	[ "EMT Jason Green was shot and killed early Sunday .", "In December, Green and a fellow EMT were in a cafe when a pregnant woman collapsed .", "They reportedly advised the woman's co-workers to call 911, then left .", "Police say there's no immediate link between the two incidents, but they will investigate ." ]	[ 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Texas bus driver has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, claiming he was fired for his religious beliefs after refusing to transport a client to a Planned Parenthood office, court documents showed Wednesday.", "Edwin A. Graning worked for the Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) near Austin, Texas, for less than a year before he was let go in January.", "At the time, he told his supervisor that, \"in good conscience, he could not take someone to have an abortion,\" according to the lawsuit.", "Graning is an ordained Christian minister.", "Planned Parenthood, a health care provider that offers a range of medical services to women, including those related to abortion, often draws the ire of anti-abortion groups in the United States, where the procedure is legal but fiercely controversial.", "Graning's last day of employment was the same day he refused service.", "He is seeking reinstatement, back pay, and compensatory damages for pain, suffering and emotional distress.", "\"It's only because he voiced his religions beliefs that he was canned,\" Edward White III, Graning's lawyer, told CNN.", "\"Employers have a legal responsibility to at least attempt to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs.", "... CARTS clearly violated Mr. Graning's religious freedom.\"", "White, who works for a public interest law group founded by evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson, said CARTS sent a second driver to collect the client and took her and a friend to the Planned Parenthood office.", "\"While others may wish to make more of it, to CARTS this is just about our expectation that employees perform the duties they are hired for,\" David Marsh, general manager of CARTS, said in an e-mail message to CNN.", "In addition to rides along fixed routes, CARTS offers some door-to-door service within its rural coverage area.", "The lawsuit, in the U.S. District Court for western Texas, Austin Division, was filed on July 14." ]	[ "Minister says he lost his job after he refused to \"take someone to have an abortion\"\nHe had been assigned to drive a woman to a Planned Parenthood office .", "Planned Parenthood provides a range of services, including those related to abortion ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "Baluchistan, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan is taking a page from America's counterinsurgency playbook in trying to win the hearts and the minds of those who might otherwise join Taliban militants or Balochistan nationalists against its military.", "Balochistan province -- Pakistan's largest and one of its most troubled -- is home to a nationalist insurgency and an increasingly violent Taliban presence.", "The sight of Baloch troops marching in the Pakistani army might have been unimaginable three years ago, but recruits are now training to fight for the army, not against it.", "More than 3,500 such troops have been recruited since 2007, commanders say.", "\"The whole exercise is to integrate the Balochi youth,\" said Gen. Athar Abbas, a Pakistani army spokesman.", "\"If you encourage people all over the province to join the army and the state system ... that is going to diffuse whatever insurgency is left in these parts.\"", "Part of that encouragement includes education.", "At an army engineering school, free courses are given to hundreds of civilian students.", "The coursework includes time in a computer, filling an education gap the government can't.", "\"We are established since the inception of Pakistan and we have more expertise and variety here,\" said Brig.", "Jamil Sarwar Malik.", "The army also has made inroads by opening schools.", "When earthquakes hit the province two years ago, the army rushed in to help, but then stayed and boosted their popularity with a rebuilding program in the absence of government reconstruction.", "The army said its soldiers gave up a day's pay, more than a million dollars, to build a school.", "The sum of their efforts have built 25 schools, 12 mosques and four health clinics.", "After nearly a quarter century, the army has reopened mines that were closed, while warring tribes fought because the central government was keeping the profits.", "The alienation led to calls for independence -- the Balochistan nationalist movement.", "With the mines open, $75 million dollars worth of coal has been extracted so far, with $16 billion dollars worth still underground.", "\"It is being spent overwhelmingly -- over 80 to 90 percent -- on the area itself,\" for residents, for the children and for future generations, said Abbas.", "But siding with the military can come at a cost.", "Tribal leader Rab Nawaz Zing said he's been attacked 18 times for supporting the army.", "He blames other tribal chiefs.", "\"If you want schools, you get shot,\" he said.", "\"They say we don't need health centers and roads.\"", "While the counterinsurgency is making progress, the military acknowledges that it will take many more years of its best efforts to turn the tide and make the Taliban and nationalist ambitions a thing of the past." ]	[ "Balochistan province is home to nationalist sentiments and Taliban violence .", "The army is recruiting Baloch residents to join its fighting force .", "Improved living conditions are part of the military's plan to win support ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward repealing the military's controversial \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy regarding gay and lesbian service members, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.", "Laying the groundwork for a repeal of the policy will take more than a year, Gates said.", "In the interim, however, the Defense Department will start enforcing the policy \"in a fairer manner,\" he told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.", "President Obama called for a repeal of the policy during last week's State of the Union address.", "Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen also endorsed a repeal Tuesday, telling the committee it is his \"personal belief\" that \"allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly [in the military] would be the right thing to do.\"", "\"For me, personally, it comes down to integrity,\" he said.", "\"The question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we best prepare for it,\" Gates told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.", "\"We have received our orders from the commander in chief and we are moving out accordingly.\"", "But the ultimate decision on whether to repeal the policy, he acknowledged, rests with Congress.", "The \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy, enacted under President Clinton in 1993, bars openly gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals from serving in the U.S. military, but prevents the military from asking a service member's sexual orientation.", "It has been a political lightning rod since its implementation.", "\"I am mindful ... that attitudes towards homosexuality may have changed considerably -- both in society generally and in the military\" since 1993, Gates said.", "To prepare the military for what has been a long-anticipated change, Gates said he has already appointed a \"high-level\" working group to \"immediately begin a review of the issues associated with properly implementing a repeal.\"", "\"The mandate of this working group is to thoroughly, objectively and methodically examine all aspects of this question and produce its finding and recommendations in the form of an implementation plan by the end of this calendar year,\" Gates told the committee members.", "\"A guiding principle of our efforts will be to minimize disruption and polarization within the ranks, with special attention paid to those serving on the front lines.\"", "The working group will be led by Department of Defense General Counsel Jeh Johnson and Gen. Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Army Europe, Gates said.", "The group will \"reach out to the [military] ... to authoritatively understand their views and attitudes about the impacts of repeal,\" he added.", "\"I expect that the same sharp divisions that characterize the debate over these issues outside of the military will quickly seek to find their way into this process.\"", "Gates noted that the Pentagon will ask the RAND Corporation to update a study it conducted in 1993 on the impact of allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military.", "He also said he has directed the Defense Department to \"quickly review the regulations used to implement\" the law and, within 45 days, present possible changes that will allow for more humane enforcement.", "The secretary acknowledged the impatience many political observers and activists may have with the timetable for a repeal.", "\"I expect that our approach may cause some to wonder why it will take the better part of the year to accomplish this task,\" he said.", "\"We looked at a variety of options, but when you take into account the overriding imperative -- to get this right and minimize disruption to a force that is actively fighting two wars and working through the stress of almost a decade of combat -- then it is clear to us that we must proceed in a manner that allows for the thorough examination of all issues.\"", "In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll in April 2009, 48 percent of Americans favored maintaining the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy.", "Thirty-seven percent opposed the policy because they believed it treated homosexuals too harshly, while another 8 percent opposed it because they believed it treated homosexuals too leniently.", "\"'Don't ask, don't tell' to many people, including myself, seemed so reasonable,\" Alex Nicholson, a former Army intelligence officer discharged for being gay, told CNN's \"American Morning.\"", "\"I knew I was gay going in, and I knew about 'don't ask, don't tell,' but you know, 'don't ask, don't tell' as a sound bite sounds very reasonable.", "It sounds like nobody will inquire as to your sexual orientation -- as long as you don't throw it in anyone's face, you won't have a problem.", "\"But after I got in, I realized that 'don't ask, don't tell' was much more all-inclusive and all-encompassing,\" said Nicholson, who now is the executive director of Servicemembers United, an advocacy group that opposes the policy.", "\"It was more like 'don't ask, don't tell, don't happen to be found out any time, any place, in any way.'", "\" After about a year, Nicholson said his sexual orientation was found out within his unit.", "\"That information spread, and then the command was forced into a corner in which they had to discharge me,\" he said.", "Watch Nicholson talk about his experience .", "Since the policy was implemented, more than 13,500 service members have been discharged, according to Rep. Jim Moran, D-Virginia.", "In 2009, there were 428 discharges under the policy -- the lowest rate of discharge since implementation of the policy, he said.", "The highest year was 2001, with 1,227 discharges, he said.", "\"This shows that during wartime, DADT is not being pursued aggressively because one's orientation has nothing to do with their ability to fight,\" Moran said in a written statement Monday.", "Defense officials have said privately that the will to enforce the law is declining.", "Another military official familiar with the discussion said some of the issues to be considered by the military include the cost of implementing a new policy, benefits for gay spouses, potential hate crimes, and even logistical questions such as the possible need to renovate barracks to separate straight and gay troops.", "According to the official, separate housing or showers were not considered serious possibilities, but would be discussed in order to be ruled out.", "Nicholson acknowledged there are legitimate concerns, but said some of the issues raised, such as showers and housing, are merely delaying tactics used to mask \"reasons that people really don't want to see this happen.\"", "At least one member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps -- has expressed reservations in the past about repealing the law.", "\"Our Marines are currently engaged in two fights, and our focus should not be drawn away from those priorities,\" Conway said in November through a spokesman.", "Watch how Joint Chiefs are dealing with the change .", "Most of the committee's Republicans strongly criticized a potential repeal Tuesday.", "\"Elections have consequences,\" said Mississippi GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, referencing Obama's promise to end the policy.", "But \"we'll have a debate about this.\" Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, a former Navy pilot, said one of the keys to U.S. military power is \"good order and unit cohesion, and ... any practice which puts those goals at unacceptable risk can be restricted.\"", "McCain argued that while \"don't ask, don't tell\" has not been perfect, it has been effective.", "\"It has helped to balance a potentially disruptive tension between the desires of a minority and the broader interests of our all-volunteer force,\" he said.", "\"It is well understood and predominantly supported by our fighting men and women.", "It reflects, as I understand them, the preferences of our uniformed services ... while still allowing gay and lesbian Americans to serve their country in uniform.\"", "But other military veterans support the change.", "Retired Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said it is time to repeal the law.", "\"As a nation built on the [principle] of equality, we should recognize and welcome change that will build a stronger, more cohesive military,\" Shalikashvili wrote in a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, who supports repealing the policy.", "Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institute said the real test will be in the barracks, with the rank-and-file members of the military.", "\"We can talk about this delicately or we can just be fairly direct,\" O'Hanlon said.", "\"There are a lot of 18-year-old, old-fashioned, testosterone-laden men in the military who are tough guys.", "They're often politically old-fashioned or conservative; they are not necessarily at the vanguard, in many cases, of accepting alternative forms of lifestyle.\"", "Nicholson predicted the matter will become a \"non-issue,\" saying his organization knows of gays serving openly in the military now.", "Asked whether he would return to the military if the policy is repealed, Nicholson said he would not hesitate and that he has wanted to return since his discharge in 2002.", "\"I speak five languages, including Arabic,\" he said.", "\"There's nothing more that I'd love than to go back right now.\"", "CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Most Republicans on Senate panel oppose repeal of \"don't ask, don't tell\"\nJoint Chiefs boss says letting gays and lesbians serve openly is \"right thing to do\"\nDefense secreatry: As change is phased in, enforcement of policy to be \"fairer\"\nImplementation plan for ending the old policy due by end of year, says Robert Gates ." ]	[ 0, 4, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It was a night for underdogs at the Golden Globes -- and a particularly rich one for the biggest underdog of them all, \"Slumdog Millionaire.\"", "Dev Patel and Freida Pinto star in \"Slumdog Millionaire,\" which was named best drama at the Golden Globes.", "The modestly budgeted movie -- about a poverty-raised orphan in Mumbai who goes on the Indian version of \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\" -- won awards for best drama, best director (Danny Boyle), best screenplay (Simon Beaufoy) and best original score (A.R.", "Rahman). The victories were all the more astonishing given the film's unlikely production history, which included cobbling together a $15 million budget, shooting on the streets of Mumbai and then struggling for distribution.", "The film's principals, including Boyle and Beaufoy, were thankful for the support of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Globes.", "\"Your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated,\" said Boyle.", "Watch stars on the red carpet » .", "\"We really weren't expecting to be here in America at all at one time, so it's just amazing to be here,\" said Beaufoy.", "With the film's victories at the Critics' Choice Awards last week, it must be considered the front-runner in the Academy Awards' best picture race.", "The Academy Award nominations will be announced Thursday, January 22. iReport.com: Sound off on awards season .", "Another underdog, actor Mickey Rourke, won best actor in a drama for his performance in \"The Wrestler.\"", "Rourke, who described himself as \"almost out of the business\" not so long ago, gave credit to his agent for backing him and \"Wrestler\" director Darren Aronofsky for sticking with him when the film had trouble finding funding.", "\"The Wrestler\" also won a Globe for its theme song, written and sung by Bruce Springsteen.", "Watch Golden Globe highlights » .", "Kate Winslet wasn't considered quite as much an underdog, but she still outdid the odds by winning both categories for which she was nominated: best actress in a drama (for \"Revolutionary Road\") and best supporting actress (for \"The Reader\").", "Gallery: Winners at the Globes » .", "Perhaps she surprised herself most of all.", "After winning best supporting actress -- the first award of the evening -- she asked the audience, \"You have to forgive me, because I have a habit of not winning things.\"", "After the best actress win, she took the stage in a mild state of shock.", "\"I'm so sorry! Anne, Meryl, Kristin -- oh, God, who's the other one?", "-- Angelina,\" she said, referring to fellow nominees Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Kristin Scott Thomas and Angelina Jolie.", "Not long after, being told to wrap it up, she said, \"You have no idea how much I'm not wrapping up,\" before emotionally thanking a variety of people, including co-star Leonardo DiCaprio and husband Sam Mendes, \"Road's\" director.", "See the list of Globe winners, nominees .", "Another win was expected, if tinged with tragedy.", "The late Heath Ledger won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor for his performance as the Joker in \"The Dark Knight.\"", "\"All of us who worked with Heath on 'The Dark Knight' accept with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride,\" said director Christopher Nolan.", "\"For any of us lucky enough to work with him, he will be eternally missed, but he will never be forgotten.\"", "Ledger died almost a year ago of an accidental prescription drug overdose.", "Ledger's performance was widely praised and he is considered the front-runner for an Academy Award for supporting actor.", "He was 28 when he died on January 22, 2008.", "Oscar nominations will be announced on the first anniversary of his death.", "Before the show, \"Knight\" co-star Aaron Eckhart told CNN, \"I'm considering it his night tonight.\"", "The Globes also honor TV programs, and in the television categories there were few surprises.", "HBO's miniseries \"John Adams,\" which dominated the Emmy Awards in September with 13 trophies, won four Globes: best actor (Paul Giamatti), best actress (Laura Linney), best supporting actor (Tom Wilkinson) and best TV movie or miniseries.", "\"Mad Men\" won best TV drama, as it did at the Emmys, and \"30 Rock,\" another Emmy winner, won best comedy TV series.", "Though star Tina Fey was announced as the person to accept that award, she let co-star Tracy Morgan have the microphone.", "\"Tina Fey and I had an agreement that if Barack Obama won, I'd be accepting the awards from now on,\" he said.", "Fey later won for best TV comedy actress, joining her co-star Alec Baldwin (best TV comedy actor) as Globe winners.", "The Israeli film \"Waltz With Bashir\" won best foreign-language film.", "In his speech, director Ari Folman expressed hope for peace in the Middle East.", "Noting the \"eight beautiful production babies\" born during the show's four-year creation, he said he hopes the children can see the film when they get older, and \"I hope it looks like an ancient video game that has nothing to do with their lives whatsoever.\"", "Other Globe winners included Sally Hawkins, who won best actress in a musical or comedy for her performance in \"Happy-Go-Lucky\"; Colin Farrell, who took home best actor in a comedy or musical for \"In Bruges\"; \"Vicky Cristina Barcelona,\" Woody Allen's latest, which won best comedy or musical; and \"WALL-E,\" which won best animated film.", "For those casting metaphorical grass blades into the breeze to see which way the Oscar winds are blowing, the \"Globes\" may have created front-runners in some races, confusion in others.", "Anne Hathaway had won a few honors for \"Rachel Getting Married,\" but Winslet's win over her at the Globes creates a tighter contest for best actress.", "Rourke's victory is a feel-good story for an actor many had written off, but he may have to face Frank Langella (Richard Nixon in \"Frost/Nixon\"), Sean Penn (a highly praised Harvey Milk in \"Milk\") and Leonardo DiCaprio (Winslet's \"Revolutionary Road\" husband) for best actor.", "\"Milk,\" in particular, received short shrift from the HFPA; the Motion Picture Academy is expected to be kinder.", "The Globes' loose atmosphere -- a trademark of the event, which features an open bar and celebrities sitting at large tables -- was evident from the beginning.", "Jennifer Lopez, noticing a distinct rumble of chatter as she attempted to begin the show, demanded quiet with \"Hello!", "Hello! Mama talkin'!\"", "Later, Tom Wilkinson, having won a supporting actor honor for his performance in the miniseries \"John Adams,\" forgot the last name of a person he wanted to thank.", "There were even a couple of TV no-nos on the live broadcast: \"Wrestler\" director Aronofsky humorously flashed Rourke a middle finger as Rourke talked about how hard Aronofsky worked the cast, and one of the \"Slumdog\" producers uttered the F-word upon seeing he was being rushed through his speech.", "It was the kind of party people have come to expect from the Globes, a show in which Jack Nicholson once bared his backside and Christine Lahti once was engaged in the ladies' room upon being named a winner.", "And, if throwing a glamorous party in these nervous, market-plunging times seems a little unusual, it's also something Tinseltown does well -- and that people are expecting, participants said before the broadcast.", "\"I think these things are entertainment,\" Mendes told CNN.", "\"This is people's escapism. ...", "I think in that respect they should be embraced.\"" ]	[ "\"Slumdog Millionaire\" wins best drama; nets four total wins .", "Mickey Rourke wins best actor in a drama for \"The Wrestler\"\nKate Winslet wins two Golden Globes -- one for actress, another for supporting .", "Heath Ledger wins best supporting actor for \"The Dark Knight\"" ]	[ 1, 10, 24 ]
[ "New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A dual-pronged effort to stop the oil gushing from BP's runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico shows promise for this weekend, the head of the government's response team said Friday.", "But things are likely to get worse before they improve.", "Late Friday, Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said in a statement that he and Energy Secretary Steven Chu had approved BP's plan to install an oil-recovery vessel, the Helix Producer, at the same time that a new cap is placed over the well, \"which will require temporary suspension of the current top-hat containment system.\"", "During the seven to 10 days that it will take to switch the caps, the 15,000 barrels of oil that the Discoverer Enterprise ship has been collecting daily are expected to flow unimpeded into the water, he said.", "Allen said he approved the plan in order to take advantage of favorable weather predicted for coming days and because, once the switch is complete, the resulting capacity to contain oil \"will be far greater than the capabilities we have achieved using current systems.\"", "BP spokesman Mark Proegler called it the \"capping stack,\" which he described as a larger, better-fitting seal than the one currently covering the well.", "The latter cap \"can be removed quite quickly\" and BP will start replacing it with the \"sealing cap\" on Saturday, he said.", "If successful, the operation could halt the gushing that started April 20 after an explosion that killed 11 people on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf.", "But any such fix would be temporary, he said.", "The permanent solution would still be completion of a relief well, he added.", "Scientists have estimated 35,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil are spewing daily from BP's breached Macondo well.", "They have been basing their estimates on high-resolution video and data from acoustic devices used to measure density.", "But Allen said that, once the long-term containment cap is in place, scientists will for the first time have the empirical data they need to determine the true flow rate.", "\"I would think once the capping device is on, we would get the most accurate flow rate to date,\" he said.", "Switching the containment cap could increase the amount of oil collected each day to 60,000 to 80,000 barrels, Allen said.", "Under a new alignment, four vessels would participate in oil recovery, one more than the three currently involved.", "In a separate advance, federal responders expressed optimism Friday about a new aerial weapon in their arsenal.", "A 178-foot U.S. Navy blimp, the MZ-3A, was flown from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama, to be used to survey the disaster area as soon as Saturday, depending on the weather.", "Officials said they hope surveys from the blimp will help them cut the time needed to get skimmers to the scene of oil slicks.", "\"Having something at a low altitude that can stay on scene a very long time is extremely valuable,\" Allen said.", "\"We are anxious to see how it works.\"", "The first relief well BP is drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could intercept the leaking Macondo well in seven to 10 days, Allen said Thursday.", "But the time it will take to seal the well will depend on \"where the oil is coming up through, where they can intercept, where they can put the mud in, where they can put the cement plug,\" he said.", "Also Friday, the president's Oil Spill Commission said it is hiring Richard A. Sears, a deepwater drilling expert with 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and academia, to serve as its science adviser.", "The commission, comprising seven members appointed by President Barack Obama, will hold public meetings Monday and Tuesday in New Orleans.", "It is charged with determining the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and recommending changes in policies and law to prevent any such future calamities.", "Commission spokesman Pete Nelson said the commission is also hiring Jay Hakes as its research director.", "Hakes, an alumnus of the Carter administration, served as director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and headed the Energy Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy during the 1990s.", "CNN's Sanjay Gupta, Vivian Kuo and Aaron Cooper contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW: Allen and Chu approve BP plan to switch caps .", "NEW: switch will take 7 to 10 days during which oil will flow unimpeded .", "Oil spill commission hires 2 new experts .", "Work on replacing the cap is to begin Saturday ." ]	[ 3, 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal reversed the trend of big name exits in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but the Spaniard had to fight back from dropping the opening set before edging past Argentine David Nalbandian on Sunday.", "Nadal, who was given a first round bye, recovered from losing an opening tie-break to defeat his opponent 6-7 6-2 6-2, setting-up a fourth round showdown with compatriot David Ferrer.", "Speaking to the official ATP Tour Web site, Nadal said: \"When you go on court against a player with his talent, you are always a little bit scared what will happen.", "\"I think having a long first set was better for me than for him.", "I felt he was a little bit more tired than me.", "He started to make more mistakes, and it was a little bit easier for me to play.", "Sixth seed Andy Roddick is also safely through -- with the home favorite in spectacular form as he crushed Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-2 6-1 in just 55 minutes.", "Eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France beat Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 7-5 and he next faces 12th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero for a quarterfinal place.", "Second seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Andy Murray are among the big names to have already departed the event.", "Meanwhile, in the women's draw, Kim Clijsters -- who is only seeded 14th for the event -- crushed 17th-seed Shahar Peer 6-0 6-1 in just 51 minutes.", "The Belgian was joined in the next round by compatriot and wildcard Justine Henin, although the former world number one was made to battle a bit harder before edging past Dominika Cibulkova 6-4 6-4.", "Second seed Caroline Wozniacki is also through, although the Dane had to fight back from a dismal opening set to defeat Maria Kirilenko 1-6 6-1 6-4, while seventh seed Jelena Jankovic was another women's seed to progress." ]	[ "Rafael Nadal is through to the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami .", "Andy Roddick and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga are other players to progress on Sunday .", "Belgian pair Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin both win their matches in women's draw ." ]	[ 0, 8, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Top seed Novak Djokovic suffered a shock semifinal defeat to Fernando Verdasco on Saturday to end his hopes of avenging last year's loss to Rafael Nadal in the Monte Carlo Masters title match.", "While Nadal moved a step closer to his sixth successive triumph at the opening event of the European claycourt season in Monaco with a 6-2 6-3 win over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, world No.", "2 Djokovic crashed to a 6-2 6-2 reverse against sixth seed Verdasco.", "\"I wasn't moving well, I wasn't feeling well on the court -- it was a bad day,\" Djokovic told reporters.", "Verdasco, who has not beaten his compatriot Nadal in nine encounters, needed little over an hour and a half to overcome the Serbian, who had returned to form this week after a disappointing time in his past two hardcourt events in the United States.", "\"I want to be the one to break Nadal's streak,\" Verdasco told reporters.", "\"I tried to use my forehand well against Djokovic and make him really play.", "This will be my first final in Monte Carlo and I'm really excited.\"", "Nadal took only 76 minutes to reach his 49th final on the ATP Tour with a comfortable victory against 11th seed Ferrer.", "His last defeat at the Monte Carlo Country Club came as a 16-year-old against Guillermo Coria in 2003, and he has lost only six career matches out of 164 on his favored clay surface.", "Former world No.", "1 Nadal has not won a tournament in 11 months after a year wrecked by injuries.", "But he now has the chance to equal the record of six Monte Carlo titles held by Englishman Reggie Doherty, who triumphed in 1897-99 and 1902-04.", "Nadal was happy to make it through to final after falling in the last four in his previous Masters events in Miami and Indian Wells.", "\"I'm playing very well, I had a very good match today.", "The last two games, I was a little bit more nervous than usual because I lost two semifinals in a row,\" he told reporters.", "\"But for the rest, I think I played a very, very complete match.", "It's great to start the clay season like this.", "I'm playing well and I'm very happy with my game.\"" ]	[ "Fernando Verdasco stuns top seed Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 in Monte Carlo semifinals .", "Verdasco will face five-time defending champion Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final .", "World No.", "3 Nadal progresses with 6-2 6-3 win over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer .", "Djokovic was beaten in final last year by Nadal, who has not lost there since 2003 ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 11 ]
[ "Editor's note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House.", "He is an affiliated professor at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute and an adviser to the Service Employees International Union, which supports President Obama's health care plan.", "Paul Begala says health care isn't getting attention it deserves -- and Obama administration is partly to blame.", "(CNN) -- You probably have never heard of Robin Beaton, and that's what's wrong with the debate over health care reform.", "Beaton, a retired nurse from Waxahachie, Texas, had health insurance -- or so she thought.", "She paid her premiums faithfully every month, but when she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, her health insurance company, Blue Cross, dumped her.", "The insurance company said the fact that she had seen a dermatologist for acne, who mistakenly entered a notation on her chart that suggested her simple acne was a precancerous condition, allowed Blue Cross to leave her in the lurch.", "Beaton testified before a House subcommittee this week.", "So did other Americans who thought they had insurance but got the shaft.", "As Karen Tumulty of Time magazine (who has been the journalistic conscience of health care coverage) wrote, other witnesses included: .", "\"Peggy Raddatz, whose brother Otto Raddatz lost his insurance coverage right before he was scheduled to receive an expensive stem-cell transplant to treat his lymphoma.", "Why? Because Fortis Insurance Company discovered his doctor had found gall stones and an aneurysm on a CT scan -- conditions that had nothing to do with his cancer, that never bothered him and that he wasn't even aware of.", "And Jennifer Wittney Horton of Los Angeles, California, whose coverage was canceled because she had been taking a drug for irregular menstruation.", "Now, she can't get coverage anywhere else.", "'Since my rescission, I have had to take jobs that I do not want, and put my career goals on hold to ensure that I can find health insurance,' she told the subcommittee.\"", "The subcommittee's chairman, Democrat Bart Stupak of Michigan, called the hearing to highlight the obnoxious and unethical practice called rescission.", "His researchers produced performance reviews of insurance company bureaucrats who were praised and rewarded for kicking people off their coverage.", "Then Stupak asked three health insurance executives the big question: Will your company pledge to end the practice of rescission except in cases of intentional fraud?", "All three health insurance executives said no.", "It was as dramatic as congressional testimony gets.", "Yet it got no airtime on the networks, nor, as far as I can tell, on cable news, although CNN.com did run a story.", "Time's Tumulty was all over it, as was Lisa Girion of The Lost Angeles Times.", "But the story did not make The New York Times.", "Nor The Washington Post, which found space on the front page the morning after the hearing for a story on the cancellation of Fourth of July fireworks in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, but not a story on the cancellation of health insurance for deathly ill Americans who've paid their premiums.", "Stupak, and the Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, Henry Waxman, D-California, did their job.", "Why didn't the media do its? Why were the outrages uncovered by Stupak and Waxman un-covered by most of the media?", "Maybe because the Obama White House drew the spotlight away from health care.", "They'd diverted the media to cover Obama's proposed reforms of the financial regulatory system.", "On the last day of the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign, we had the media A-Team traveling with us.", "So I made it my business to sit next to David Gergen, then with U.S. News & World Report but a former top aide to Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan (at that point -- little did I know he would soon be working for President Clinton).", "I had never seen a communications shop as effective as Reagan's, and I wasn't going to miss an opportunity to learn from a master.", "Gergen told me an anecdote I still remember vividly.", "In the opening months of the Reagan presidency, it was the economy, stupid.", "America was mired in a recession, and President Reagan wanted to focus the nation's attention on his economic plan.", "But Secretary of State Al Haig had other ideas.", "The State Department had nothing to do with the economy, and Haig had ambitious plans.", "So, Gergen told me, Haig got a bunch of good press, advocating for intercepting Cuban gun runners (if memory serves).", "You would think a staunch anti-Communist such as Reagan would have been happy.", "But, no. Reagan's chief of staff, James Baker, upbraided Haig for diverting media attention away from the primary goal: passing the president's economic plan.", "I never forgot Gergen's story -- especially when the Clinton White House wandered off message as it tried to pursue fundamental reform of the health care system.", "The economic plan eclipsed health care for much of Clinton's first year.", "As did NAFTA. And the crime bill, which included the Brady Bill and other gun control measures.", "And don't forget gays in the military.", "And a foreign policy crisis in Somalia -- and another in Haiti.", "And another in Russia.", "Clinton gave his health care address to the Congress on September 23, 1993.", "October was supposed to be \"Health Care Month\" in the White House, but so many other issues got in the way that he had just one public event focused on health care in the entire month -- just one.", "I understand that Obama's White House team has to juggle a lot of issues; I've been there.", "And I'm sure the Obama financial reforms have merit.", "But if the president wants to pass his ambitious health care reform, he's going to have to put other, worthy, ideas on the back burner and shine the media spotlight on the plight of people like Robin Beaton.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul Begala." ]	[ "Paul Begala: Health insurers are depriving some ill people of coverage .", "He says practice called \"rescission\" is used to deny people benefits .", "Begala says hearing on rescission got little media attention .", "He says Obama administration must put health care on front burner ." ]	[ 2, 49 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal will meet Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after beating Ivo Karlovic 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4.", "The Spaniard faced a tough challenge as Karlovic, known for his big serve, rained down 28 aces during the match, compared to Nadal's two.", "However, the world No.2 showed his class by only committing 15 unforced errors, compared to the Croatian's 42.", "Murray earned his match with Nadal after earlier defeating John Isner 7-6 6-3 6-2.", "\"Murray is very good, he's one of the most talented players on tour,\" Nadal told the Australian Open Web site when quizzed about their upcoming meeting.", "\"He can play offensive, he can play defensive.", "He can do a lot of things during the same match ...", "He's a very important player.\"", "On Saturday, Roger Federer booked his place in the last 16 of the Australian Open after a routine straight sets win over Spain's Albert Montanes to set up a match with home favourite Lleyton Hewitt.", "The world number one was relatively untroubled as claimed a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Montanes and felt his serve proved to be crucial factor in the victory.", "\"I thought it was dominated from my side with my serve, which allowed me then to take chance on the return,\" Federer told the Australian Open Web site.", "\"It was a pretty straightforward match, really.", "I don't remember him having any breakpoints.", "He was playing tough from the baseline and making it hard.", "I'm happy with the match and was able to serve it out, so it was good.\"", "Federer will now turn his attention to Australian Hewitt who led Marcos Baghdatis 6-0 4-2 before the Cypriot was forced to retire with a shoulder injury.", "Third seed Novak Djokovic thrashed Denis Istomin 6-1 6-1 6-2, while sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko claimed a 6-0 6-3 6-4 victory over Juan Monaco.", "Davydenko's fourth-round opponent will be Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who advanced when Stefan Koubek of Austria retired due to sickness after losing the first set 6-1.", "France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was a beaten finalist in 2008, came from a break down in the fourth set to beat Tommy Haas 6-4 3-6 6-1 7-5. ." ]	[ "Rafael Nadal to meet Andy Murray in quarter-finals of Australian Open after beating Ivo Karlovic 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4 .", "Roger Federer sets up a last-16 encounter with Lleyton Hewitt at the Australian Open after a routine victory over Albert Montanes .", "Fourth seed Juan Martin Del Potro and seventh seed Andy Roddick are also through after they win in four sets .", "Fifth seed Andy Murray cruises into fourth round and is on course to face Nadal in the quarterfinals ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Even though Hurricane Alex was headed away from the site of the massive BP oil spill Wednesday, it was affecting containment and collection efforts on multiple fronts, Coast Guard officials said.", "Alex, upgraded from a tropical storm late Tuesday, was causing heavy seas throughout the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday.", "That had several major consequences: Oil skimming ships had to return to shore, containment booms were thrown asunder and efforts to burn oil on the surface and break it down through dispersants were put on hold, along with efforts to position a third ship to collect oil at the spill site.", "\"Until the weather subsides, all we can do is have everything ready to attack and remove this oil once we have weather that's more conducive,\" said Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft, who delivered a briefing for the Coast Guard on Wednesday.", "\"We've been held hostage for the last two days due to the prevailing weather,\" he said.", "Alex -- the first hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season -- was picking up speed and coming ashore in an unpopulated area of northeastern Mexico, some 100 miles south of the Texas border.", "It is a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph.", "But even though the center of the storm is more than 600 miles from the spill site, it is producing high seas where the oil is located, according to CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers.", "Winds are 15 to 20 mph at the spill site, producing waves 6 to 8 feet high, he said.", "That poses a problem for the skimmers,Zukunft said.", "\"When seas get over 3 feet high, the skimmers become ineffective.", "They wind up gathering water and not oil,\" he said.", "More than 500 skimmers, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, have been forced to return to shore.", "Also on hold: setting up another ship to contain oil at the spill site.", "BP has two vessels, the Discoverer Enterprise and the Q4000, that are being used to contain oil.", "The company had hoped to bring in a third Tuesday called the Helix Producer, which would increase total containment capability to 53,000 barrels of oil per day.", "But crews need seas of less than 4 feet to make a connection to a coupler below the surface, according to Zukunft.", "BP now is aiming to complete the job by July 7, he said.", "The Coast Guard official said the seas also have disrupted containment booms, meant to limit the amount of oil reaching shore.", "He said officials will be making an aerial survey of the situation Thursday.", "One thing that has not been affected -- BP's effort to drill relief wells down to the area where oil is leaking.", "Weather would have to be very severe to affect that, according to Zukunft, and at this point, BP said it is on track to reach the area in August.", "The storm also is having an impact on where the massive oil spill is flowing.", "Previously, some oil had been reaching Pensacola Beach in Florida, but the storm's prevailing southeast winds have drawn it more toward the environmentally sensitive Mississippi and Chandeleur sounds, off the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana, Zukunft said.", "Myers said that's because the storm winds are moving counterclockwise in a huge arc.", "The strong winds are expected to blow for about three days, pushing the oil back to shore in the area where there already have been dramatic pictures of oil-drenched birds.", "The Coast Guard briefing came on a day of change for the service branch, as Adm. Thad Allen, who has been overseeing the cleanup effort for the government, officially retired from the Coast Guard.", "Allen will continue as the national incident commander for the spill, but as a civilian.", "The move was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who said in a statement, \"I commend Adm. Allen for nearly 40 years of dedicated military service in the Coast Guard.", "Throughout his career, our nation has turned to Thad Allen for leadership at times of great crisis, and this is one of those times.\"", "She continued, \"Thad Allen has provided excellent leadership as the national commander of our massive response to the largest environmental disaster in our nation's history, and he will continue to leverage his decades of experience in civilian duty as the national incident commander for this spill.\"", "Adm. Robert Papp was sworn in as Coast Guard commandant on May 24, when Allen left the Coast Guard's top post as previously planned, to serve solely as national incident commander on the Gulf spill.", "Meanwhile, authorities also were busy preparing for future storms.", "Planners with the Louisiana governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness this week created a hurricane evacuation plan with BP, said the office's director, Mark Cooper.", "The plan, applicable for the entire hurricane season -- which ends November 30 -- calls for BP's thousands of workers to leave the Louisiana coast at least 16 hours before officials begin evacuating residents.", "\"We can't have BP blocking our roadways with equipment and personnel,\" said Cooper.", "It also designates 700 buses to be used only by disabled residents and calls for BP to be back on the scene combating the spill within 72 hours after a hurricane, said Cooper.", "Researchers have estimated that between 35,000 barrels (about 1.5 million gallons) and 60,000 barrels (about 2.5 million gallons) of oil are gushing into the gulf every day.", "CNN's Ashley Fantz and Vivian Kuo contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Hurricane Alex hits shore in Mexico, 100 miles south of Texas border .", "CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers says winds to push oil ashore for next three days .", "Heavy seas affect cleanup and containment on several fronts .", "Zukunft: Skimming task forces returned to shore ." ]	[ 5, 25 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Afghanistan commander whose career ended after a controversial profile in Rolling Stone magazine joked about his predicament and his post-military life at his retirement ceremony Friday in Washington.", "\"For those here tonight that feel the need to contradict my memories with the truth, remember I was there, too.", "I have stories on all of you, photos on many, and I know a Rolling Stone reporter,\" Gen. Stanley McChrystal said, poking at the reason for his forced retirement.", "McChrystal's illustrious career came to an abrupt end when he resigned as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan after he and his staff were quoted in a Rolling Stone magazine article criticizing and mocking key administration officials.", "McChrystal collected his medals and verbal commendations from the top men of the military, White House and the Afghanistan ambassador with a bittersweet smile.", "\"I left a mission I felt strongly about.", "I ended a career I love that began over 38 years ago.", "I left unfulfilled commitments I made to many comrades in the fight -- commitments I hold sacred,\" he said.", "\"My service did not end as I would have wished.\"", "But, McChrystal said, he and his wife, Annie, will approach the future with \"hope and iPhones.\"", "He said the couple had spent some years apart but were now reconnected, aided by new technologies like Skype.", "The West Point graduate and former Green Beret was a senior official for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen.", "Between 2003 and 2008, he was the commander of the highly clandestine Joint Special Operations Command, which oversees the military's most sensitive forces, including the Army's Delta Force.", "\"We say goodbye to Stan McChrystal today with pride and sadness,\" Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said at the ceremony.", "\"Pride for the remarkable roster of achievement that he has compiled as a man and a soldier.", "Sadness that our comrade and his prodigious talents are leaving us.\"", "Said Jawad, ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States, thanked McChrystal for what he had done for his country and said \"a number of Afghans would call him a friend.\"", "In 2009, Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked for the resignation of Gen. David D. McKiernan, the former U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan.", "McChrystal would have \"fresh eyes on the problem\" in Afghanistan, Gates said at the time.", "President Barack Obama tapped McChrystal in June 2009 to be the top commander in Afghanistan.", "McChrystal was known for his discretion and keeping the media at arms length.", "That perception was shattered when the infamous Rolling Stone article came out in June.", "He did not directly criticize Obama in the article, but reporter Michael Hastings writes that the general and Obama \"failed from the outset to connect\" after the president took office.", "Sources familiar with their first meeting said McChrystal thought Obama looked \"uncomfortable and intimidated\" by the room full of top military officials, according to the article.", "The journalist wrote that an unnamed aide to McChrystal mocked Vice President Joe Biden.", "McChrystal did not deny the article's accuracy.", "In a statement, he called the comments \"a mistake\" and apologized for \"poor judgment.\"", "McChrystal said that the relationships developed in his career were the most important to him, which he said he would honor with two beer kegs after the ceremony at Fort McNair.", "He extended the the invitation to everyone present." ]	[ "NEW: Defense secretary lauds general's talents, service .", "Stanley McChrystal jokes about the sudden end to his military career .", "McChrystal stepped down after controversial magazine article .", "He is characterized as mocking part of Obama's administration in the article ." ]	[ 3, 13, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are both through to the last four of the Madrid Masters, although they enjoyed vastly differing victories on Friday.", "Second seed Nadal defeated Gael Monflis in straight sets, to book his place against compatriot Nicolas Almagro.", "Nadal outclassed Frenchman Monfils 6-1 6-3 in just 79 minutes and remains on course to regain his world number two ranking next week after a stunning start to his clay-court season.", "The Spaniard is aiming for his third consecutive clay-court title this year and record 18th ATP Masters success of his career.", "Earlier in the day, Almagro needed under an hour to dispose of Austria's Jurgen Melzer 6-3 6-1, to reach his first-ever masters tournament semifinal.", "Meanwhile, Federer clinched a revenge win over Latvian Ernests Gulbis, who beat the Swiss maestro in Rome three weeks ago.", "Defending champion and top seed Federer fought back to win 3-6 6-1 6-4 and will face either Andy Murray or David Ferrer for a place in Sunday's final.", "\"I knew it would be a tough match after losing to him in Rome,\" Federer told reporters.", "\"I was always a bit worried.", "I got off to a slow start in the first set and paid the price.", "In the second I recovered and won six games in a row and got on a roll.\"" ]	[ "Top two seeds Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal reach Madrid Masters semis .", "Federer defeats Ernests Gulbis in three sets while Nadal sees off Gael Monfils .", "Federer's win over Gulbis avenged his defeat at the hands of the Latvian in Rome ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Jacob Zuma insists the World Cup has already brought South Africa closer together, five days before the tournament begins.", "The South African president says football fervor has gripped the nation ahead of the opening on game on Friday, which sees South Africa take on Mexico at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg.", "And Zuma is hoping the month-long competition can have the same benefit for the nation as the Rugby World Cup did in 1995.", "\"The enthusiasm, joy and excitement that has engulfed the entire nation in recent weeks has not been witnessed since president Nelson Mandela was released from prison [in 1990],\" Zuma told a press conference.", "\"The explosion of national pride has been a priceless benefit.", "It's clear that millions of our people look upon this tournament with hope, pride and sense of belonging.", "\"The South African flag has become the most popular item on the shopping list of South Africans and this augurs well for our nation-building.\"", "The build-up to the World Cup has been dominated by speculation that the host stadiums may not be completed in time, or that the necessary infrastructure may not be in place, but Zuma has declared the country ready to host one of the world's biggest sporting events.", "\"We are truly pleased and humbled to host the world in our country for this historical and extraordinary event.", "South Africa is more than ready.", "For us the World Cup has already begun.\"", "Zuma and FIFA president Sepp Blatter also paid tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela, and the role he played in securing Africa's first World Cup.", "\"At this point it is proper for me to acknowledge and thank our founding president and icon, Nelson Mandela, for his visionary leadership and statesmanship,\" said Zuma.", "\"He also worked hard personally to bring us to this glorious moment.", "He would love to be there.", "Whether he will be there on the day depends entirely on the former president.. \"If he did not appear, we would understand.", "If he is there, it will be a bonus for this tournament.", "We wish he would be there.\"" ]	[ "South African president Jacob Zuma insists the World Cup is uniting the nation .", "Zuma says the national pride on show is of \"priceless benefit\"\nThe World Cup begins on Friday when South African play Mexico .", "Zuma says he hopes former president Nelson Mandela will attend the World Cup ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 11 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The United States has spent more than $1 trillion on wars since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, a recently released Congressional report says.", "Adjusting for inflation, the outlays for conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world make the \"war on terrorism\" second only to World War II.", "The report \"Cost of Major U.S. Wars\" by the Congressional Research Service attempts to compare war costs over a more than 230-year period -- from the American Revolution to the current day -- noting the difficulties associated with such a task.", "Since the the 9/11 terror attacks, the United States has spent an estimated $1.15 trillion.", "World War II cost $4.1 trillion when converted to current dollars, although the tab in the 1940s was $296 billion.", "World War II consumed a massive 36 percent of America's gross domestic product -- a broad measurement of the country's economic output.", "The post-9/11 cost of the conflicts is about 1 percent of GDP.", "Comparisons of costs of wars over a 230-year period, however, are inherently problematic, the report says.", "\"One problem is how to separate costs of military operations from costs of forces in peacetime.", "In recent years, the DOD (Department of Defense) has tried to identify the additional 'incremental' expenses of engaging in military operations, over and above the costs of maintaining standing military forces.\"", "\"Figures are problematic, as well, because of difficulties in comparing prices from one vastly different era to another,\" according to the report.", "\"Perhaps a more significant problem is that wars appear more expensive over time as the sophistication and cost of technology advances, both for military and for civilian activities.\"", "The costs associated with the \"war on terrorism\" could still go much higher.", "A Congressional Budget Office estimate from 2007 said the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could total $2.4 trillion by 2017, more than double the current amount.", "CNN's Ed Payne contributed to this story." ]	[ "\"War on terrorism\" is second most-expensive war in U.S. history, report says .", "Adjusted for inflation, World War II cost more than $4 trillion .", "The cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could total $2.4 trillion by 2017 ." ]	[ 1, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal cruised into the third round of the clay-court Rome Masters event with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Philipp Kohlshreiber.", "The world number three, seeking his fifth title in six years in the Italian capital, made just 11 unforced errors, compared to 28 by the German.", "Nadal, 23, broke his opponent's serve twice in a one-sided first set.", "The German world number 29 improved in the second set and missed a chance to take a 3-2 lead when he wasted his only break point of the match.", "Nadal, who has only ever lost once at the Rome Masters, broke in the next game and pressed on to take the match.", "Elsewhere, fifth seed Robin Soderling of Sweden beat Italian wild card Paolo Lorenzi 6-1 7-5 to reach the third round.", "The Swede smashed 32 winners as he wrapped up victory in less than one and a quarter hours.", "Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain also progressed with a 6-2 6-3 win over former Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Lleyton Hewitt.", "Second seed Novak Djokovic and fourth seed Andy Murray both reached the third round on Tuesday while world number one Roger Federer crashed out to Latvian Ernests Gulbis." ]	[ "Rafael Nadal beats Philipp Kohlshreiber to reach third round of Rome Masters.", "The Spaniard wins 6-1 6-3 to stay on course for fifth Rome title in sixth years.", "Robin Soderling and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez also reach third round." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The news of intense drug-related violence out of Jamaica is shocking and dreadful but entirely predictable.", "Wherever the war on drugs touches down, death and destruction result.", "A recent target is Kingston, Jamaica.", "When law enforcement attempted to smoke out Christopher \"Dudus\" Coke, wanted in the U.S. for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and cocaine and to traffic in firearms, scores of people died in the urban warfare.", "The death toll reached 73 civilians as Jamaicans were caught in the crossfire between police, soldiers and armed thugs.", "Rival drug gangs used the confusion to eliminate their enemies and further ratchet up the violence.", "Coke has since agreed to surrender to officials in New York, because he \"feels it is in his best interest to be taken to the U.S. rather than to a Jamaican jail,\" sources told the Jamaican Observer, but not before scores of people died.", "Given that the scenes of violence between rival drug gangs are so common, people often fail to consider the factors that fuel this violence.", "The reality is that Jamaicans are just the latest victims in a misguided and expensive war that has taken countless thousands of lives, from the streets of New York to the slums and shantytowns of Colombia, Mexico and other third-world nations.", "In more than four decades since former U.S. President Nixon first declared America's \"war on drugs,\" the battles against spreading disease, increasing violence and the ongoing destruction of families and neighborhoods have been lost.", "Mexico, a country all too familiar with violence as a way of life, is today a stark example of how crackdowns on drug cartels by American and local law enforcement agencies have utterly failed.", "The horrible drug-related violence in Mexico was intensified by President Felipe Calderón, with strong U.S. support.", "This crackdown has resulted in about 23,000 drug-related deaths across the country since 2006.", "The bloodiest war has been fought in Juárez, a besieged city of 1.3 million on the U.S. border, where 5,100 people have been killed since 2008.", "The global drug war has created a massive illicit market with an estimated annual value of $320 billion.", "In April, the newly created International Centre for Science in Drug Policy, of which I am founder, released a review of every English-language study to examine the link between drug law enforcement and violence.", "The review clearly demonstrates that the astronomical profits created by drug prohibition drive organized crime and its related violence.", "Several studies included in the report suggested that law enforcement's removal of key players from the drug trade, such as Christopher Coke, only creates power vacuums that lead to violent and deadly competition.", "Many victims are not involved in the drug trade, as today's civilian deaths in Mexico, the U.S. and Kingston's slums illustrate.", "The war on drugs has generated a lucrative, cash-rich industry that has -- not surprisingly -- lured poverty-stricken participants from throughout the impoverished third world.", "In West Africa, entire countries, such as Guinea-Bissau, are at risk of becoming \"narco-states\" as Colombian cocaine traffickers employ West African trade routes to distribute cocaine into destination markets in Europe, Russia and the Middle East.", "Estimates now suggest that 27 percent of all cocaine destined for Europe is transited through West Africa and is worth more than $1.8 billion annually wholesale -- and as much as 10 times that amount at the retail level.", "Illicit drugs are big business, with the influence and global reach that goes along the ability to create widespread wealth.", "Another conclusion of the review was the clear evidence that drug law enforcement has failed to reduce the availability of illegal drugs.", "From a scientific perspective, we must accept that law enforcement will never meaningfully reduce the flow of drugs.", "Economists know that the drug seizures we see over and over again as part of police photo ops have the perverse effect of making it that much more profitable for someone else to sell drugs.", "The laws of supply and demand have simply overwhelmed police efforts.", "With young people reporting that obtaining illicit drugs is easier than getting alcohol or tobacco, the situation could not get much worse.", "Strong scientific evidence points to the effectiveness of alternative regulatory models established in Portugal, the Netherlands and Switzerland to counter the disastrous consequences of illicit drug use and drug policies.", "The Cato Institute, a respected U.S. think tank, has released a report on alternative drug policies.", "Several years ago, Portugal parted ways with the U.S. and decriminalized all drugs so that resources could focus on prevention and treatment of drug use.", "The report shows Portugal's policies have dramatically reduced HIV rates as drug addiction has been viewed as a health, rather than criminal justice, problem.", "In addition, Portugal now has the lowest rates of marijuana use in the European Union, with experts suggesting that the health focus has taken some of the glamour out of illegal drugs.", "Similarly, the de facto regulation of marijuana in the Netherlands and distribution through licensed coffee shops generates tax revenue for the country rather than profits for organized crime.", "Interestingly, rates of marijuana use in the Netherlands remain far lower than those in the U.S.", "Consider this against the backdrop of the mayhem in Mexico, much of which is driven by fighting to control the marijuana export industry.", "The American \"get tough\" approach, although politically popular in certain circles, has failed to achieve its intended objectives: The supply of illicit drugs has increased, the costs of illicit drugs have dropped, and drug purity has risen.", "The mounting bloodshed in Mexico and the recent mayhem in Jamaica clearly demonstrate that the U.S. is exporting violence, breaking up families and increasing the taxpayer burden to help fight these fruitless battles.", "Americans themselves are suffering deeply from these misguided policies.", "It's time to just say no to the war on drugs and to implement science-based alternative policy models that are proving effective in other parts of the world.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Evan Wood." ]	[ "Evan Wood: Scores killed in Jamaica in attempt to nab suspected drug lord .", "War on drugs has created a violent underground with billions to be made, Wood says .", "Thousands of people die and gangs kill for profits, yet drugs get more plentiful, he writes .", "Wood: Scientific, health-based approach instead of criminal approach works elsewhere ." ]	[ 2, 13, 15, 36, 40 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Some passengers on a diverted Aeromexico flight finally reached their destination in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday after spending 16 hours in limbo.", "The plane was scheduled to fly from Mexico City, Mexico, to Seattle on Tuesday, but was diverted to Portland, Oregon, because of thick fog, said Kara Simonds, a spokeswoman for Portland International Airport.", "In Portland, the passengers were not allowed to exit the plane for four hours because the airport did not have enough customs agents to process them, according to CNN affiliate KING.", "KING also reported several passengers became so angry that police boarded the plane and told them to stay there or be arrested.", "Fire officials tried to calm down the outraged passengers by providing them with burgers from a local fast-food restaurant during their wait, Simonds said.", "Passengers were then flown back to Mexico City after officials could not solve the issue with customs agents, Simonds said.", "Seattle residents Mike and Karin Kuntz said they had a good vacation in Mexico, but it went downhill after they tried to get home.", "\"We had a wonderful time, everything went great.", "Then the flight home turned into a nightmare,\" Karin Kuntz told KING.", "\"We just felt like we were hostages -- that we, as passengers, had no rights.\"", "Karin Kuntz said she was concerned about the pilot's fatigue and the safety.", "\"Can he fly back? Is he logged in? How many hours does he have,\" she said.", "\"No one seemed to be concerned about putting us back on that plane for all that time and that poor tired pilot.\"", "The couple said they waited in the airport in Mexico City for 10 hours before getting a flight back to Seattle on Wednesday night.", "It is unclear whether other passengers on the flight were able to get to their destination.", "Representatives from Aeromexico said they were investigating the situation and issued a statement apologizing for the inconvenience.", "\"We will seek an explanation about why the customs agents were not available to assist the plane and its passengers in Portland,\" the statement said.", "\"We will also take appropriate steps to thank the passengers who were inconvenienced by this situation for their patience.\"", "However, the ordeal did not end for the Kuntzes when they reached Seattle.", "\"They lost one of our bags,\" Mike Kuntz said.", "It is unclear if other passengers on the flight were able to get to their destination.", "Representatives from Aeromexico said they were investigating the situation and planned to release a statement.", "CNN's Amanda O'Donnell contributed to this report." ]	[ "Mexico City, Mexico, flight bound for Seattle, Washington, diverted due to heavy fog .", "Flight returns to Mexico after customs agents can't process all passengers .", "Representatives with Aeromexico plan to investigate situation ." ]	[ 1, 5, 21 ]
[ "Dublin (CNN) -- The day of the Gen. McChrystal mea culpa last week, an Afghan friend of mine, whom we can call Osman, drove from Kandahar city to his native village.", "A group of Taliban stopped the car and demanded to search Osman and his companions.", "This search has become a fact of life since the movement re-established its control over villages in Panjwai, a district in Kandahar province.", "The head of the armed group was the 20-year-old son of Osman's tenant farmer.", "Not far below a superficial politeness, the young Talib fighter deliberately humiliated someone who, according to Kandahari norms, was his senior.", "New-generation fighters like the tenant tend to be from the poorer families in their tribes, have little education, have no property and have never held a paying job.", "The Kalashnikov and motorcycle that come with being a Taliban commander and the moral authority of claiming to be waging a jihad have empowered these tribal outsiders.", "Ironically, a decade ago, Osman was a senior leader in the original Taliban movement and commanded hundreds of such young men.", "One of the main themes of the counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy is a \"population focus.\"", "A district like the one where Osman lives is today densely populated, unlike during the Soviet occupation.", "It sits astride a national highway and is a gateway to Kandahar.", "It is therefore prioritized as \"key terrain.\"", "According to the \"shape-clear-hold-build\" COIN mantra, NATO is supposed to expel insurgents from Osman's district and 59 other priority areas.", "It is supposed to help install Afghan civil administration and security forces and leave them to maintain security and practically assist the population.", "To make this possible, Afghan security force numbers are to be raised to 400,000 and Afghan government legitimacy, responsiveness and accountability are to be boosted.", "Unfortunately, none of this is going to happen by 2011.", "Success requires more time and political action than backers have been prepared to contemplate.", "Osman's encounter with his tenant Taliban gives a clue to the steady supply of insurgent fighters and commanders.", "Insurgency has become their social niche.", "Taliban fighters keep on popping up, making good their losses and adapting to the International Security Assistance Force campaign.", "More global perspectives, images, videos and the latest news at the Afghanistan Crossroads blog .", "In the face of a resilient insurgency, U.S. and Afghan timelines do not match.", "The U.S. will review progress against its strategy in late 2010.", "But at the end of the year, Afghanistan will look pretty much the same as last year, before the surge.", "The challenge in dealing with the Afghan government is to encourage the good and forbid the evil.", "But current strategy contains no silver bullets for delivering a government that the population might consider trustworthy or legitimate.", "Increased awareness of the problems with a \"kleptocratic\" government has not translated into effective measures to clean it up.", "Moreover, the insurgency is now self-sustaining.", "Enough protection money leaks from transport, security and construction contracts to finance thousands of the kind of group that stopped Osman.", "Meanwhile, the U.S. has also found it very difficult to support the government in a way that delivers resources and backup to administrators and officers on the ground.", "Another challenge, which is more political than military, is that the insurgents are still able to exploit Pakistan as a haven.", "Groups like the one that stopped Osman alternate between the battlefield and the haven in Pakistani Baluchistan, only eight hours away.", "What can be done? The first challenge is to get the Afghan leadership and the international allies onto the same script.", "For example, the Afghan leadership insists on holding parliamentary elections in September, even though everyone else knows they would be disastrous for the counterinsurgency objective of boosting government legitimacy.", "An election held in conditions in which half of the polling station locations are too dangerous for candidate agents, and indeed voters, to visit is likely to lead to another round of rigging and disputes, undermining the credibility of the parliament.", "This is the kind of disconnect that needs to be overcome.", "Likewise, reconciliation with the amenable parts of the insurgency will have to be elevated from the status of show or strategic afterthought to become a serious part of the strategy.", "The strategy will also require some bright new ideas for getting Pakistan on board.", "A more realistic strategy would have the work of securing much of the key terrain eventually fall to the Afghan National Security Forces.", "Before the phased hand-over, NATO will secure main cities but probably only a handful of the current prioritized districts.", "If the U.S. leadership decides to stay engaged, there will have to be a switch to a longer-term post-surge support strategy with more modest objectives, such as securing the cities and main highways rather than all population centers.", "Renewed U.S. commitment will generate opportunities to convince some of the insurgent leadership that they have no prospect of toppling the Kabul government and might as well strike a deal.", "In the best of all possible counterinsurgency worlds, the Taliban leadership would abandon al Qaeda and declare its armed jihad over.", "However, there is little prospect of anyone signing up to such a deal as long as thousands of fighters expect to ride out a time-limited surge, flitting between Panjwai and Baluchistan.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Michael Semple." ]	[ "Michael Semple says new crop of Afghan Taliban made bold by guns, jihad authority .", "Forces face this constant supply of fighters, he says, as well as kleptocratic government .", "He says COIN goals of forming government and security forces won't be reached by 2011 .", "Semple: Making common cause with reasonable parts of insurgency key to success ." ]	[ 6, 11, 15, 17, 36, 38, 44 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- The murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu in Tracy, California, has brought America's Amber Alert program under the microscope.", "Sandra vanished in broad daylight on March 27.", "Surveillance video from that afternoon showed her happily skipping to go play at her friend's house.", "After she failed to return home, her family alerted the authorities, but an Amber Alert was not issued.", "Ten days later, Sandra's body was found stuffed inside a piece of luggage in an irrigation ditch near her home.", "The frantic search for the killer may be over, as police arrested Melissa Huckaby on April 10 and charged her with murder.", "This horrifying case raises the question -- why didn't police issue an Amber Alert when Sandra vanished?", "Tracy Police have done an excellent job in this case, but could that have made a difference in saving this girl's life?", "First, we must examine what an Amber Alert does.", "According to amberalert.gov, the program is a \"partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin\" and is saved for \"the most serious child abduction cases.\"", "The goal is to blitz the area with information to spark a community-wide search.", "Secondarily, the alerts serve as deterrents.", "Some abductors have actually freed the kidnapped child after hearing or seeing the alert.", "This happened in California in January when a man abducted an 8-year-old girl.", "After observing a highway sign broadcasting an Amber Alert for the girl, the suspect dropped the girl off in San Jose before turning himself in to police.", "In California, where Sandra was murdered, 141 children have been safely recovered as a result of Amber Alerts since 2002, according to the California Highway Patrol.", "The Amber Alert Web site claims the program has saved more than 430 children nationwide and that in 2007, 80 percent of kids alerted were recovered safely within three days.", "That is incredibly fast and effective -- two words that aren't often used to describe a government program.", "With such a high success rate, some may wonder why the program isn't used more frequently.", "A grisly case like the Sandra Cantu murder only intensifies this debate.", "The main reason for the limited use of the program is that Amber Alert cases must meet very specific criteria.", "Otherwise, the alerts will be issued too often, creating a \"boy who cried wolf\" scenario.", "People will become desensitized and stop taking the alerts seriously.", "After all, Department of Justice reports about 800,000 missing child cases any given year.", "Very few of those -- slightly more than 100 -- are stereotypical \"kidnappings.\"", "Over half of the 800,000 are kids who ran away, or simply lost track of time, or are part of custody disputes.", "But the DOJ's Amber Alert guidelines are designed to focus on those rare abductions by strangers or slight acquaintances.", "To maintain this focus, the department recommends that Amber Alerts only be issued when the child is at risk of serious injury or death and law enforcement has sufficient descriptive information about the child, abductor or abductor's vehicle.", "Some argue that Sandra's case met those criteria.", "But it's easy to Monday-morning quarterback.", "The fact is, Tracy Police made a swift arrest and should be applauded.", "They used the full extent of their resources to try to safely recover Sandra, including dispensing an electronic alert to West Coast law enforcement agencies, heading a massive search effort and speaking to the media.", "We'll never know for sure if an Amber Alert would have saved Sandra's life.", "Police now say it appears she died before the search even began.", "Nevertheless, this case does suggest the Amber Alert system can be improved by refining some of the gray areas.", "For instance, the DOJ has guidelines, but states are free to tweak them.", "That's why you'll often hear law enforcement in some states say they can't issue an Amber Alert without a vehicle description, while others don't follow that rule.", "All state law enforcement agencies should have to adhere exactly to one set of rules.", "The guidelines are supposedly in place to minimize delays and confusion between jurisdictions.", "Well, you know what would really minimize delays and confusion?", "A single, uniform system.", "Secondly, with today's technology, the Amber Alert program must be expanded.", "We're no longer just talking about highway signs and C.B.", "radio. Agencies should harness GPS and wireless technology, to the point that everyone with a cell phone or BlackBerry will receive a notification when there is an Amber Alert in the area.", "Lastly, the program is a voluntary partnership.", "Why not make it mandatory for all agencies that have the capability to use the system?", "There is no denying the Amber Alert program is a shining example of how a government initiative is supposed to work.", "Let's just make sure we harness its full capabilities.", "Our children deserve nothing less.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jane Velez-Mitchell." ]	[ "Jane Velez-Mitchell: Some ask why no Amber Alert issued for missing Sandra Cantu .", "She says alerts are only issued in certain clearly defined circumstances .", "Velez-Mitchell: Amber Alerts have saved many children's lives .", "She says the program should be refined to make it even better ." ]	[ 0, 41, 45, 48, 49 ]
[ "United Nations (CNN) -- Edward Norton -- Oscar-nominated actor of \"American History X\" and \"Primal Fear\" fame -- is the latest Hollywood star to lend his celebrity status in support of a United Nations cause.", "Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon named Norton U.N. goodwill ambassador for biodiversity Thursday.", "\"Edward Norton has brought global star power to global issues -- community development and conservation, causes that are clearly close to his heart,\" Ban said in a statement after appointing Norton.", "\"It is an issue that I've been engaged with on many different levels for a number of years,\" Norton said at U.N. Headquarters in New York.", "\"But it's very, very exciting to be asked to engage with it on the level of the U.N. with its incredible capacity and reach.\"", "As opposed to focusing on dated methods of conservation such as setting aside preserved areas of land, Norton said in his new role he would work on addressing human needs, which he said he believes is \"the key to long-term preservation.\"", "\"People have recognized that fragmenting the ecosystems or creating protected pockets is not actually authentic to the way ecosystems work,\" he said.", "Norton has been an advocate for many causes, recently helping to launch a social networking platform, Crowdrise, aiming to boost global participation in charitable work.", "He is also a board member of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, and ran the New York City Marathon last year, helping to raise over $1 million for the trust and local communities in Kenya supported by the group.", "As biodiversity goodwill ambassador, he will be \"increasing people's focus on the fact that human well-being is intertwined fundamentally with biodiversity,\" Norton said.", "\"I think catastrophic events like what's happening in the Gulf with the oil spill do highlight for people that there is enormous ramification for human well-being through a loss of biodiversity,\" Norton said.", "Norton is also using his creative talents as a filmmaker to raise conservation awareness.", "He said his company, Class 5 Films, has worked television projects and on a potential feature film with environmental themes.", "According to the U.N., biodiversity is \"essential in sustaining the living networks and systems that provide the world population with health, wealth and food and fuel.\"", "This year marks the international year of biodiversity for the United Nations.", "By the end of the year, the U.N. hopes to see a significant reduction in rates of biodiversity loss through practices such as deforestation, excess cultivation and over-fishing that damage the environment and contribute to overall global poverty." ]	[ "U.N. secretary-general names actor Edward Norton as goodwill ambassador .", "Focus will be on biodiversity, including land conservation and preservation .", "Norton already is advocate for many causes .", "Oscar-nominated actor's films include \"American History X,\" \"Primal Fear\"" ]	[ 0, 1, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- When our helicopter flew into Port-au-Prince, it almost felt like we were on some silent glide.", "The sharp sound of the rotor blades faded into background noise.", "Sound did not rise from the ground.", "There was not enough traffic or people or life to raise a ruckus.", "There were no fires burning or that dark energy that rises up from the ground when there is danger in the air.", "There was silence, people huddling in tents alongside flattened buildings, people sifting slowly through the rubble of their lives, people adrift.", "We entered Haiti like a lot of the folks entering Haiti, down right nervous.", "Haiti has a history of horrible acts of violence against its own people and visitors.", "Journalists have died in Haiti.", "There are many guns and many vendettas.", "It's not just that there is an earthquake whose aftershocks could rattle away at what remains.", "There is an expectation of danger, a question in the air.", "Will these desperate, disheartened, wounded people rise to violence and theft in the wake of this latest, largest disaster?", "We landed without incident in the yard of the Dominican Embassy with precious supplies brought in by relief organizations.", "A CNN convoy laden with water and money and fuel followed us in by land without a hitch.", "And in the days that followed, we did not see a population breaking into buildings or fighting over scant resources.", "The Haiti we saw is not a land of fires and violence and looting.", "This is a land where desperation has been supplanted by despair.", "Each day, we left our workspace with security people, drivers, big guys that were supposed to help us navigate presumed dangers.", "They mostly hung out and chatted with kids playing around our cars.", "They walked us into a huge plaza where a massive tent city had formed.", "It was so quiet. People just sitting there, holding their children beneath sheets so they aren't burned in the sun.", "Some mothers are bathing their kids in murky water.", "There is one remedial medical station beneath a tent.", "Three medical volunteers with meager supplies tend to the wounds of dozens.", "Anguished mothers wait patiently with children wounded and wailing.", "No one complains.", "No one pushes.", "One afternoon we happened upon Capital Bank, a building that also housed a Western Union and some local money order services.", "A flotilla of United Nations folks from Ghana and France and Canada descended with major artillery.", "A tank, a string of armored cars and high-ranking officials with bright stripes decorating their uniforms rushed around on high alert.", "They shut down the street as they entered the building and brought out sacks that seemed to be filled with money.", "Full coverage .", "When we went to take a picture, they became very agitated.", "Some of them yelled that we had no business here and pushed us back into the road where the oncoming cars fortunately stopped in time.", "They were so overwhelming that a female official from Ghana began to laugh at her colleagues.", "\"Let them take the photo,\" she told a muscular Canadian officer.", "\"Here,\" he said handing her his walkie talkie.", "\"You be in charge of this mission.\"", "But the \"mission\" was barely picture worthy.", "The Haitians ambled by, as the apparent sacks of money were removed for safe keeping.", "The scene was the same at the building where taxes are collected.", "A great crane lifted rubble while a crowd watched peacefully.", "No one seemed to be trying to get into the flattened presidential palace nearby even though there was not much visible security.", "We also passed gas lines.", "Gas is the key to so many things right now, powering the car that can get you out of this disaster, running the generator that can turn on your lights or make it possible to call for help on a cell phone.", "The cars sit quietly, drivers holding their places without a quarrel.", "We drove around day after day and saw nothing but sad people sweeping their streets of rubble and bodies and wreckage.", "We drove out to Leogan, the epicenter of the quake, and people calmly moved bananas, sugar cane and water from the fields into tent cities erected in open space.", "Haiti's missing, found .", "We saw an organized crowd being handed water bottles from soldiers who flew in from Camp Lejeune.", "We did not see one gun, except the ones carried by security guards, police officers and soldiers.", "In Jacmel, two hours south, a group of young Haitians ran around with expensive video cameras documenting the destruction of their hometown, Haiti's cultural capital.", "They had water flown in by their sponsors as well as food and generators, but no one tried to steal them.", "The hotels that survived were unguarded but not a soul ventured in to take the furniture or bedding that might have made life in the tent cities more bearable.", "Haitian doctors staffed the \"hospital,\" a patch of grass outside the real hospital that fell down.", "Cuban doctors helped them with their work, rationing antibiotics and painkillers.", "People were in great pain, but no one screamed for help or painkillers.", "They seemed to think that they were getting whatever was available.", "The Canadians posted guards at one gate to keep folks from getting to the piers where they brought in supplies, but no one was trying to get in anywhere around this huge dock.", "They stood in line at distribution centers, grabbed a broom or shovel to help the soldiers clear streets.", "When the French erected a mobile medical unit, the people formed a peaceful line and repeatedly expressed their gratitude.", "These are people with injuries that make you gasp.", "Many amputations have been done by amateurs in bad circumstances.", "It's hot. No one said a word.", "We followed the directors of an orphanage as they traveled through some of Port-au-Prince's poorest neighborhoods.", "They didn't have many supplies, but they wanted to share.", "No one tried to rob us.", "A woman broke down in tears begging us to help us find her son.", "She ignored our bottles of water and food.", "She just wanted her son.", "Impact Your World .", "A few nights later, her orphanage was hit by bandits who didn't take anything, but scared the kids.", "At another orphanage we visited, bandits struck twice but left both times with nothing.", "The orphanage director said they left it because they didn't want to steal supplies from children.", "My colleagues saw a few folks break into places and even captured a few scuffles on tape.", "But those who have spent a lot of time in Haiti was certain there was no more crime, possibly even less crime, than would visit this city of millions on a regular day.", "The story of Haiti, at this time, is not one of unending violence, looting and a population angry enough to fight over scant resources.", "But the people we met were wounded and weary and afraid to go back inside.", "The earth could shake at any moment and death could visit once again." ]	[ "Despite desperate times, many Haitians not turning to violence .", "Tent cities, makeshift hospitals are new way of life in quake-ravaged country .", "Many residents orderly, appreciative in wake of chaos ." ]	[ 9, 12, 54 ]
[ "Jerusalem (CNN) -- Aid intended for Gaza that was unloaded from a Libyan-backed ship in northern Egypt was sitting in storage Saturday, awaiting transfer, according to the governor of North Sinai.", "The ship from the Gadhafi foundation, a charity headed by the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, docked in Al Arish and began unloading aid Thursday.", "However, it was taking time to sort out the medical supplies -- a top priority for delivery -- from other aid, Gen. Morad Mowafe told CNN Saturday.", "Mowafe expected that the aid would arrive in Gaza by Sunday.", "The ship reached Egypt after sailing from Greece on July 10 with 2,000 tons of aid.", "It was the latest ship attempting to breach an Israeli naval blockade of the Palestinian territory of Gaza whose captain was persuaded to dock elsewhere instead.", "The aid includes food, medicine, and construction materials to be taken from the port to the Gaza border about 25 miles (42 kilometers) away.", "Israel said it must inspect all goods prior to their entering Gaza to ensure that weapons do not get into the hands of militants.", "Gaza is run by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement.", "The Gadhafi foundation refers to the ship as the Hope, although it appears to be registered as the MV Amalthea.", "It is Moldovan-flagged and run by ACA Shipping, based in Greece.", "Israel came under fierce international criticism after Israeli navy commandos boarded a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship in May and nine people died.", "Israel said the activists on that ship attacked its troops when they boarded the boat.", "The Israeli assault on the Turkish ship reverberated internationally and highlighted the Gaza blockade.", "Israel has resisted demands for an international inquiry into the incident, but an Israeli military investigation into the boarding of the Mavi Marmara criticized some aspects of the operation.", "CNN's Housam Ahmed contributed to this report." ]	[ "Supplies from a Libyan-backed ship still being sorted out in Egypt .", "The ship is carrying aid for Gaza, and is docked at the Egyptian port of Al Arish .", "The ship attempted to break an Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, but was diverted .", "Israeli soldiers killed nine activists aboard another aid ship in May ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Communities in northeastern Mexico found themselves flooded and isolated Tuesday as Mexico's National Water Commission tried to manage high levels at area reservoirs due to Hurricane Alex.", "Servando Lopez Moreno, mayor of Miguel Aleman, Mexico, said that the water commission released water from the nearby El Cuchillo reservoir without warning communities near the river, which flooded homes and crops, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.", "Miguel Aleman is located in the state of Tamaulipas, near the border with Texas.", "The mayor said his town was not affected directly by Hurricane Alex, but by the lack of coordination between reservoir managers and local officials.", "He said that the communities of San Antonio de Reyna, Mexico, and Arcabuz, Mexico, faced flooded homes, ruined sorghum crops and disabled work equipment as well as lack of electricity and phone lines, Notimex reported.", "There were no fatalities in the flooding, the mayor said.", "He asked for federal and state authorities to intervene to avoid future problems.", "In the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon, the effects of Alex were more direct.", "Some 40,000 Nuevo Leon residents were pushed out of their homes because of the storm, authorities said.", "The state's ministry of health announced an emergency program that includes psychological attention to those affected, Notimex reported.", "The head of the health department, Jesus Zacarias Villarreal, said the psychological services were for those people with anxiety, nervousness and depression as a result of the storm.", "Alex stormed onshore as a Category 2 Hurricane on June 30, causing at least six deaths in Nuevo Leon." ]	[ "River rose because of water released from reservoir .", "Mayor says officials did not give residents ample warning about release .", "40,000 residents in Nuevo Leon state remain homeless ." ]	[ 1, 8 ]
[ "(The Frisky) -- It didn't start out this way, but I'm in a long-distance relationship.", "Having your boyfriend live 1,300 miles away isn't ideal, but as far as problems in relationships go, things could be much worse: He could be in Australia or I could have caught him cheating on me with various tattooed women after I won an Academy Award and adopted a baby.", "So, this isn't some sappy, romantic article on ways to \"Survive Your Long-Distance Relationship.\"", "Here's the real problem: a third party has entered my relationship, causing fights, miscommunication and anxiety.", "She's sleek, sexy and smooth.", "Her name is ... the iPhone 3G.", "When your beloved lives a plane ride away, the phone becomes your main source of staying connected, but iPhone -- you are making this a challenge ... am I just supposed to turn the other cheek because you are an otherwise wonderful multi-media device?", "Both my boyfriend and I have an iPhone.", "For those of you who are owners, you know it is notorious for dropping calls, having terrible reception, and overall, they're really awesome for playing Plants vs. Zombies and Sudoku, but for actual phone use, my five-pound Motorola from 1997 worked better.", "In all seriousness, these technical difficulties have either caused arguments or added to an already tense moment.", "For instance, the other day we were having a little argument over GChat, when he all of the sudden logged off -- which, in instant messaging terms, is the equivalent of hanging up the phone or getting the door slammed in your face.", "OH. NO. HE. DIDN'T. But apparently, he had logged off to call me, and my phone didn't even ring.", "He's thinking, \"What the hell, pick up the phone!\"", "This goes on for a while, until I get a \"voicemail\" notification that he called.", "I tried calling him back, but none of the phone calls would go through.", "The final blow was when I got a delayed text from him saying: \"I tried to call you.", "Where did you go?\" AHHH! Eventually, we managed to reach each other and everything was totally fine, but if it weren't for our iPhones, those two hours of anxiety would have never happened.", "Because so many people have been complaining about the poor service, AT&T has introduced a reception tower to place in your home or office that amps up your reception.", "Initially, I thought: Yes!", "A solution! But then the bitterness set in.", "Let me get this straight: I not only paid $300 for a \"superior\" phone, I also shell out over $100 a month in fees.", "Now you want me to fork over another $150 so I can get service?", "I'm insulted. I'm still undecided on what to do.", "I know there is Skype and video chatting, among other sources of technological-aided communication, but I'm stubborn, and I want to be able to call my boyfriend when I want to.", "It's a simple request.", "So, I guess -- deep in my heart -- I know the solution: I just have to wait for the iPhone 4G to come out.", "I'm sure that will solve everything.", "TM & © 2010 TMV, Inc. \| All Rights Reserved ." ]	[ "The iPhone is notorious for dropping calls and having terrible reception .", "Technical difficulties have caused arguments and added to already tense moments .", "AT&T has introduced a reception tower to place in your home or office ." ]	[ 5, 9, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- International observers Monday applauded the first free presidential election in Guinea in more than 50 years, saying it was democratic, inclusive and transparent.", "\"This is the first time since independence that the people of Guinea have had a chance to be regarded as human beings politically, to express themselves politically,\" said Carter Center official John Stremlau, who is in the west African nation as a monitor.", "\"The people were given the opportunity and conducted themselves on election day with dignity, in an orderly and peaceful way,\" said Stremlau, the vice president of the Carter Center's peace programs and co-leader of its election observation mission.", "Results should be available Wednesday, and will almost certainly show a runoff will be required, said Deborah Hakes of the Carter Center.", "Voters came out in large numbers, they were enthusiastic and often showed great patience, the Carter Center said in a statement.", "Counting of ballots was transparent, in full view of everyone at polling stations, it added.", "The country has been ruled by a series of authoritarian and military dictators since it gained independence from France, its former colonial master, in 1958.", "The most recent coup came in December 2008, the day after the death of longtime President Lansana Conte, who himself seized power in 1984.", "Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara led the 2008 coup and promised elections and the introduction of civilian rule, but by the following summer it seemed clear that he planned to run for president himself, according to the U.S. State Department.", "The opposition organized a protest against him in a stadium in the capital Conakry in September 2009, but the military attacked the demonstrators.", "At least 150 people were killed, more than 100 were raped and at least 1,000 were injured, according to the U.S. government and international human rights groups.", "At least 100 bodies were never found, Human Rights Watch said.", "Camara was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by an aide in December 2009, and flown abroad for medical treatment.", "He survived, but agreed not to return to the country.", "Minister of Defense Brig.", "Gen. Sekouba Konate became interim president, paving the way for the elections Sunday.", "Twenty-four candidates are running for president, including four former prime ministers, according to Human Rights Watch, which has been cautiously optimistic about the vote.", "\"The Defense Ministry's promise to keep the military in barracks during the election period, and to back whoever wins is a very positive sign,\" Human Rights Watch said Friday.", "\"A successful, credible election could finally end over 50 years of authoritarian and abusive rule,\" the activist group said.", "\"The new president and government will have their work cut out for them,\" HRW's Corinne Dufka said.", "\"They should waste no time addressing the deep-rooted causes of years of crisis -- endemic corruption, impunity, crushing poverty, and the inequitable distribution of natural resource wealth.\"", "The country's electoral officials, cell phone companies and U.S. embassy have worked together to set up a system where voters can send text messages if they see voter fraud or intimidation, U.S.", "Ambassador Patricia Newton Moller said.", "Guinea, a country of about 10 million people, has rich reserves of bauxite, an important aluminum ore -- possibly as much as half the world's reserves, according to the State Department.", "It also has gold and diamond mines, and grows rice, coffee, bananas, pineapples and palm products." ]	[ "Voting democratic and inclusive, Carter Center says .", "West African country ruled by authoritarian, military governments for decades .", "Demonstrators against most recent coup massacred by military, U.S. and human rights group say .", "More than 150 killed, scores raped in September protest ." ]	[ 6, 9, 10 ]
[ "Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- A Sri Lanka politician ended his \"fast unto death\" on Saturday when the nation's president gave him water and an ambulance rushed him to a hospital.", "Wimal Weerawansa, who had been the construction minister and is currently a member of parliament, was on his fourth day of the fast amid protests against the United Nations.", "He said he would go without food until U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dissolves a three-member panel looking into human rights abuses in the final stages of a decades-long war that ended in 2009 between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels.", "During the fast, Weerawansa's Cabinet colleagues visited him in a special tent outside the U.N. compound in Colombo.", "He was on a mattress on a specially-constructed dais protected by plain-clothed security.", "Visits by ministers signaled government backing for Weerawansa's protest against the United Nations.", "Doctors warned Weerawansa earlier Saturday that his condition was worsening and administered saline to him.", "President Mahinda Rajapaksa walked up the dais and gave a bottle of water to Weerawansa.", "He was then taken to a hospital.", "The event was shown on local TV and has been widely reported.", "The United Nations and other countries have expressed dismay at the blockade of the U.N. compound and Weerawansa's leading role in the protest.", "The U.N. office continued to function with limited staff.", "The United Nations has been concerned about accountability issues related to the rebels' defeat, including alleged war crimes by troops and rebels -- allegations that both parties deny.", "Weerawansa has said Ban intends to bring the Sri Lankan president before a war crimes tribunal.", "\"We will not allow that to happen,\" Weerawansa told a news conference earlier in the week.", "Weerawansa resigned his ministerial portfolio yesterday on Friday, but government sources say he will be sworn in again." ]	[ "Former Cabinet member ends 'fast unto death'\nAmbulance rushes him to hospital .", "Protesters dislike U.N. panel looking into abuses during war ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The man who pleaded guilty in the failed Times Square car bombing said before the incident that the strike would be a \"revenge attack,\" according to an airing Wednesday on an Arabic-language TV network.", "Al Arabiya showed what it said was a tape of Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty in June to the attempt.", "The authenticity of the tape could not immediately be verified, and the person in the video appeared sometime before the May 1 event.", "The comments, made in English, were translated into Arabic for the news report.", "He said the \"revenge attack\" will be carried out \"in the name of all the mujahedeen, the fighters and the weak and the oppressed Muslims,\" he said, mentioning Baitullah Mehsud and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Muslims and Arabs who have been martyred.", "\"I will take revenge on their behalf, inshallah, and I really wish that the hearts of the Muslims will be pleased with this attack inshallah.\"", "Mehsud was the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, and al-Zarqawi headed al Qaeda in Iraq.", "\"Eight years have passed with the war in Afghanistan and you will see that the war of the Muslims has just started, and we will show you how Islam will spread throughout the whole world.\"", "The speaker stressed that \"jihad\" is a prominent pillar of Islam, a term often used to mean \"holy war.\"", "\"By jihad, Islam is established, Allah's word is made superior,\" he said.", "\"By abandoning jihad, may Allah protect us from that, Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into inferior positions.", "Their honor is lost, their lands are stolen.", "Their rule and authority vanish.", "Jihad is an obligated duty in Islam on every Muslim. \"", "He said Islam will spread across the world.", "He said democracy will be defeated as communism was.", "\"All the other -- isms and -- schisms will be defeated and the word of Allah will be supreme, inshallah.", "And Muslims are gonna do that.\"" ]	[ "Arabic-language TV network shows what it says is a tape of Faisal Shahzad .", "Speaker says the Times Square strike would be a \"revenge attack\"\nJihad is extolled in the tape, which mourns militant martyrs .", "The authenticity of the tape could not immediately be verified ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "Gulu, Uganda (CNN) -- Mwaka Posiano trekked for miles to watch the World Cup on television -- a first for the teen born in rebel captivity during the decades-long insurgency in Uganda.", "\"I now know how Robihno and (Didier) Drogba look,\" Mwaka said with a beaming smile, referring to top players from Brazil and Ivory Coast, respectively.", "\"I have seen how they play and run, I want to play like Robinho.\"", "Mwaka was among about 40,000 mostly-war victims who gathered to watch the World Cup.", "MTN, the official mobile sponsor of the event, held a public screening in Gulu town in northern Uganda.", "Before watching the game Sunday, Mwaka and other youth would huddle around a radio in his village to listen to commentaries.", "\"We'd rush out of school to ... listen on various radios tuned loudly in shops and quite often we'd find the match in second half,\" he said.", "Mwaka, an AIDS orphan, is one of thousands of children rescued from rebel captivity.", "They tell chilling stories of atrocities experienced in the hands of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army and government forces, who have been battling for the past 23 years.", "LRA rebels say they are fighting the government for the establishment of a democracy based on the Bible's Ten Commandments.", "But for a moment, albeit briefly, all that is forgotten as the 14-year-old and his peers watch their sports heroes.", "They don't have televisions or radios at home.", "Neighbors with radios only tune in to select matches to save batteries.", "\"So we were not following it well, our teachers would update us of results every morning,\" Mwaka said.", "Soccer is a big sport in Africa -- as big as the NFL is in American households.", "The English premier leagues are especially popular, with boisterous crowds gathering faithfully in city bars to watch games during the season.", "This year's World Cup -- the first on African soil -- has sparked a fierce patriotism in the continent.", "But millions who lack access to radio or television have not shared in the excitement.", "Intermittent power outages common in Africa add to the woes, forcing financially-struggling residents to watch the games in bars, restaurants and make-shift video halls.", "\"I have a TV, but I have not watched a single full screening of any game since the World Cup kicked off, mainly due to power cuts,\" said Ben Ochien, 31.", "\"I spend Shs 500 (about 5 U.S. cents) per match to follow World Cup in video halls ... (that) have generators.", "In a country where the average person survives on less than two dollars a day, the money can add up.", "The MTN viewing party helped bridge the gap and allowed others to be part of a historic global event.", "Rural areas are becoming more stable, and as a result are getting more populated, said Dean M. Ravizza, a professor at Salisbury University in Maryland, who was in the area with students on research.", "This means a large segment of the population is left out during historic events.", "\"Unfortunately, access to viewing the events that unfold in the World Cup is not much different,\" Ravizza said.", "In Gulu, the celebration brought a rare moment of unity -- a crowd gathered for a common goal.", "\"It allowed many of the war victims and their tormentors -- some I know (former rebels) -- to get united in excitement,\" said Luke Obongmin, 42, a truck driver.", "Ravizza, a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance, said such events help facilitate conflict resolution and participation.", "\"Facilitators of sport programs can use teachable moments of conflict in sports to practice strategies for resolution,\" he said.", "\"These strategies can then be applied to other areas of their homes, school and community to promote peace within the region.\"", "Most in the crowd, including Mwaka, walked as far as 9 miles (15 kilometers) to watch the game.", "\"Few who could afford jumped on trucks -- the main form of transport -- and a majority have trekked,\" Obongmin said.", "The MTN advertised the opportunity by various ways, including drivers circling villages announcing using loudspeakers, a common way of communication in remote areas in Africa.", "Most people spend Sundays cultivating on their farms, but they came in to share in the excitement, the truck driver said.", "After the match, Obongmin loaded 40 people in his truck -- all headed to a nearby shopping center, where they would be dropped off to make the trek home.", "Obongmin started his truck and waved.", "The noisy chatter of the passengers could be heard over the roaring engine." ]	[ "About 40,000 mostly-war victims gather to watch World Cup .", "Residents trek for miles for public screening .", "Game sparks fierce patriotism in the continent .", "\"I want to play like Robinho,\" teen says of top Brazil player ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3 ]
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Five Americans arrested on terror charges in Pakistan have been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison, the deputy prosecutor general said Thursday.", "The men, dubbed the \"D.C. Five,\" will also have to pay a fine of 75,000 Pakistani rupees ($878), public prosecutor Nadim Cheema said.", "They have the right to appeal to the Lahore High Court, he said.", "Each man was sentenced to 10 years for criminal conspiracy and five years on an anti-terrorism charge, specifically contributing to a banned organization for the purpose of conducting terrorist attacks, Deputy Prosecutor General Rana Bukhtar Ali said.", "It was not immediately clear whether the sentences must be served concurrently or consecutively.", "Cheema said the court had seen strong evidence such as incriminating e-mails and the suspects' confessions.", "The five Americans -- Ahmed Abdullah Minni, Umar Farooq, Aman Hassan Yemer, Waqar Hussain Khan and Ramy Zamzam -- used to worship together at a mosque in Alexandria, Virginia, until they went missing in November and turned up in Pakistan.", "They were arrested in December in Sargodha, about 120 miles south of Islamabad, after their parents in the United States reported them missing.", "Pakistani authorities have described the men as college students intent on waging a holy war against \"infidels for the atrocities committed by them against Muslims around the world.\"", "The men had said they were innocent and claimed they were tortured in jail.", "They pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to their attorney, Hassan Dastgir Katchela.", "CNN's Thomas Evans contributed to this report." ]	[ "Five jailed for 10 years for criminal conspiracy, five years on anti-terrorism charge .", "\"D.C. Five\" arrested in December in Pakistan after going missing in U.S.\nPakistani authorities says men were college students intent on waging holy war .", "Men said they were innocent and claimed they were tortured in jail ." ]	[ 3, 7, 8, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Call it a \"message in a bottle\" or an epic eco-adventure -- but now after 8,000 nautical miles and nearly four months at sea, you can finally call it over.", "After sailing through brutal southern storms and battling numerous technical challenges, the crew of \"Plastiki\" -- a ship made out of thousands of plastic bottles -- is now on its final leg of a trip across the Pacific Ocean.", "\"It feels amazing,\" Plastiki's expedition leader, David de Rothschild, told CNN Sunday.", "\"I think what's happened with the Plastiki has really captured the world's imagination... the impact has really surpassed my expectations.\"", "The Plastiki will reach Sydney, its final destination, Monday morning -- ending a 125-day journey, but also completing years of planning and dedication for the team.", "De Rothschild said that a 2006 United Nations report on plastic littering the world's oceans was his personal catalyst for action.", "Made of approximately 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and engineered using the most sustainable methods possible, the Plastiki is meant to be used as a platform upon which solutions to the myriad of environmental problems can be found.", "\"I was inspired to go out and really build Plastiki to showcase waste as a resource,\" said de Rothschild.", "\"And here we are nearly four years to the day just pulling in to a little harbor just north of Sydney, ready to sail in tomorrow [Monday].\"", "The Plastiki's arrival in Sydney will not, however, be the 60-foot catamaran's first time to reach Australian soil.", "Winter storms producing near-hurricane strength winds forced the vessel and its crew to take refuge in Mooloolaba, Queensland, on July 19.", "Brutal winter storms in the Tasman Sea made the leg from New Caledonia the most challenging.", "One night, winds gusting over 60 knots surprised the crew, leaving them battling to prevent the mast buckling and losing the sail for eight hours.", "Co-skipper of the boat, Dave Thomson, called the waves some of \"the biggest you're likely to see.\"", "Once in Sydney, the Plastiki will be harbored at the Australian National Maritime Museum.", "It will remain on display for a month as crew members hold special events aimed at raising awareness of plastic waste in the ocean.", "The general public will also have the opportunity to visit the vessel during an open day.", "But de Rothschild said that although the boat is made of recyclable material, he's not planning to toss it in the chipper just yet.", "\"I really feel the Plastiki is entering its next chapter,\" said de Rothschild, outlining hopes to put the boat on display around the world.", "\"The plan is to create a global oceans exhibit that can showcase not only the issue of throw-away plastics but really about nurturing and re-evaluating our oceans... our most precious of ecosystems,\" he added.", "\"The Plastiki is definitely not coming to a halt.\"" ]	[ "Plastiki will end 4-month, 8,000-nautical-mile journey in Sydney .", "Ship is made of more than 12,000 plastic bottles .", "Expedition leader says he was inspired by a U.N. report on littering ." ]	[ 1, 2, 5, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The oil spill on the Gulf Coast has states and visitors bureaus working hard to keep the public updated and reassure beach-bound travelers.", "Here are some of the latest updates from destinations affected by the oil disaster: .", "Northwest Florida .", "The beaches in Fort Walton Beach, Destin and Okaloosa Island are open to the public and the air quality is good, according to the Emerald Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, which represents the three destinations.", "\"Depending on the wind direction, tar balls may float ashore in Destin or Ft. Walton Beach later in the week, but cleaning crews are standing by,\" the bureau's website said.", "Small to moderate-size tar balls continue to wash up on some beaches of south Walton County, but the impact has been isolated and all 15 beach communities remain open, according to the Walton County Tourist Development Council's website.", "Meanwhile, small scattered tar balls and oil patches have affected Panama City Beach, but the beaches are open and the swimming is still safe, the area's visitors bureau website said.", "\"Our sugary white sand beaches are open for the enjoyment of our guests and, as of now, we are seeing only intermittent impact,\" according to the bureau.", "iReport: Share your photos of affected beaches .", "The beaches of Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key are open for swimming, but sporadic tar balls and a milky sheen have been reported on Perdido Key, according to the Pensacola Bay Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.", "\"Skimmer vessels respond to reports of oil sightings as needed.", "In addition, clean-up crews will be working on beaches at night when temperatures are cooler,\" the bureau's website said.", "iReport: A slick trip to Perdido Key .", "Last week, the Escambia County Health Department rescinded a health advisory that had been issued for beaches stretching from the Florida-Alabama border to the entrance of the Perdido Unit of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.", "Government officials said that there was no oil sheen or oil slick observed in the water from the high-water mark out to 100 yards from shore.", "Dime-size to 5-inch tar balls continue to wash up in widely scattered areas of northwest Florida, but all of the state's beaches remain open, according to Visit Florida, the state's tourism corporation.", "Gulf Islands National Seashore .", "All of the Gulf Islands National Seashore sites, which are in Florida and Mississippi, are open, the National Park Service's website said.", "But several spots have been affected by the oil spill.", "On Santa Rosa Island, a clean-up was under way where light mousse -- a frothy oil-water mixture -- made landfall.", "Significant tar balls washed ashore near Opal Beach and oil sheen was approaching Opal's shoreline.", "\"Response efforts include the constant surveillance for oil on the water,\" the website said.", "Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama .", "Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama, have experienced significant oiling, according to the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.", "\"The beaches are open and visitors are still welcome to sunbathe and walk the beach, but we strongly suggest they swim in a pool or enjoy our many off-beach activities,\" the site said.", "The Alabama Department of Public Health has issued an advisory against swimming in waters off Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan or in bay waters close to Fort Morgan, Bayou St. John, Terry Cove, Cotton Bayou and Old River.", "Grand Isle, Louisiana .", "The oil's biggest impact in Louisiana is on the portion of the coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River extending east, according to a state emergency website.", "\"Most of the Louisiana Gulf Coast, 70 percent, is unaffected by the oil spill and remains open for commercial and recreational fishing,\" according to the Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau website.", "Grand Isle has closed its public beach, the site said." ]	[ "All of Florida's beaches are open, including tourist hot spots Panama City and Pensacola .", "Sporadic tar balls and a milky sheen have been reported on Perdido Key .", "Health officials have issued advisory against swimming in Alabama Gulf waters ." ]	[ 2, 6, 9, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As oil began approaching the coast of the United States, environmental scientists said the effects of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico could have ecological and biological consequences for years, if not decades.", "The intricate ecosystem is a major source of seafood for the United States and hundreds of species of animals and plants are at risk, experts said.", "Some areas in the path of the slick are particularly sensitive to problems because unlike the rocky coast of Alaska hit by oil from the Exxon Valdez disaster, much of the coastline that will be hit by the BP spill consists of marshy areas where the water is calmer and more difficult to clean.", "The marshes are in extreme danger, said a biologist with the University of Houston who studies coastal wetlands.", "\"It's likely going to persist for decades because it will get into the marsh where there is very little wave action and the soil is oxygen poor,\" said Steve Pennings.", "\"The immediate acute impact might not be that severe because there is not much oil getting to a certain spot, but because the oil might stick around [in the sediment] for 20 years you might have a real chronic effect.\"", "The oil spill started April 20 after an explosion on the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.", "Eleven oil-rig workers remain missing and are presumed dead.", "The rig sank April 22 about 50 miles off the southeast coast of Louisiana and the untapped wellhead is gushing oil into the Gulf.", "About 1.6 million gallons of oil have spilled since the explosion, the Coast Guard said.", "Wetlands in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states were already struggling because of sea-level rise and the lack of sediment due to some rivers being channelized, Pennings said.", "Mike Beck, senior scientist on the global marine team for the Nature Conservancy, said there is a lot of concern for oyster reefs, which were also already suffering.", "Only 15 percent of the world's oyster reefs remain because of over-harvesting and dredging, he said, and hurricanes have also destroyed some reefs.", "He said there have been some oil spills in Europe that provide clues as to what might happen.", "\"What we have learned from other accidents is we've seen mortality and then we have seen lower growth rate,\" he said, \"so that even if they're not killed, you are likely to have much lower [population] growth.", "We're not likely to be able to eat those oysters for quite some time because ... they hold heavy metals in their tissue.\"", "He estimated that the damage to the reefs could last two to five years, but that other oil spills have shown that in some instances it can be longer than that.", "Beck pointed out that 40 percent of the U.S. seafood supply comes from the northern Gulf of Mexico and 95 percent of the species in the seafood harvest are dependent on the health of the nation's estuaries and marshes.", "Environmentalist Richard Charter of the Defenders of Wildlife organization said the size of the oil spill will be overwhelming to cleanup crews.", "\"This event is a self-feeding fire,\" Charter said.", "\"It is so big and expanding so fast that it's pretty much beyond human response that can be effective.", "... You're looking at a long-term poisoning of the area.", "Ultimately, this will have a multidecade impact.\"", "Some officials worried the destruction could surpass the Exxon Valdez disaster of 20 years ago.", "That oil tanker ran aground on the Bligh Reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989 and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil.", "The surface oil from the Exxon Valdez spill had largely disappeared within three years of the spill, according to studies conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration.", "The 1997 report said that what oil did remain could be found on beaches that were near still water.", "The residual oil was not nearly as toxic as the oil studied in the days after the spill.", "The report said \"intertidal species can tolerate its presence even though it can accumulate in their tissues.\"", "However, a 2003 study published in the journal Science disputed the NOAA finding of toxicity and said that oil in the sediment was still harming the species more than a decade after the accident.", "The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees Council also disagreed.", "A spokeswoman told the Anchorage Daily News last year that oil in some parts of the sound is still toxic.", "All the scientists CNN spoke to said that the long-term impacts of the spill depend on how much oil reaches the coast.", "The choppy seas are hindering containment efforts, experts said.", "\"The question is -- we rarely clean up more than 15 or 20 percent of a spill on a calm day, and we aren't seeing a calm day,\" Charter said.", "The impact will also depend on what states are hit.", "Beck said there are two major loop currents and one runs along the Louisiana wetlands past Mississippi and Alabama then down the coast of Florida and around the Keys.", "\"Eventually that water moves out into the Caribbean and the Atlantic,\" he said, indicating the East Coast needs to pay attention to where the oil is traveling." ]	[ "Oil might remain in the sediment of a marsh for 20 years .", "Oyster reefs are immediately in danger and population recovery may be stunted by lingering oil .", "Only about 15 to 20 percent of oil can be recovered from water .", "Currents may take oil around southern tip of Florida into the Atlantic, Caribbean ." ]	[ 2, 5, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The West Virginia coal mine where 29 miners died in an explosion in April had a sudden and large inundation of methane gas the day of the accident, the mine owner said Thursday.", "The level of methane -- an explosive gas -- was almost three times greater than normal, Massey Energy Company said.", "It is still too early to determine what caused the April 5 explosion, but the methane gas data is a \"very important piece of evidence\" in the ongoing investigation, said Christopher Schemel, a leading explosions expert and a member of the investigation team.", "Investigators tested data from the mine's primary ventilation exhaust fan and found the unexpected release of gas was intense and overwhelmed the normal safety systems, the company said.", "\"To put it in perspective, a methane release of this size would completely fill a 2,000 square-foot house with an explosive atmosphere in under 40 seconds, and could fill the volume of a typical mine entry to explosive levels in under 25 seconds,\" Schemel said.", "The explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in Naoma, about 30 miles south of Charleston, was the industry's worst disaster in 40 years.", "The investigation since then has focused on the mine's poor safety record and Massey's response to problems in the past.", "A preliminary report on the disaster by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration found that the Upper Big Branch mine had \"a significant history of safety issues\" and that the agency was closely monitoring Massey Energy.", "In 2009, federal inspectors issued 515 citations and orders at the Upper Big Branch mine, with 39 percent of them for \"significant and substantial\" violations.", "More than 50 of the citations were for problems that the operators knew about but had not corrected, according to federal mine safety records.", "Thirty-one men were working in the mine when the explosion happened on a Monday afternoon.", "Most of the blast victims were working in an area where long wall cutting was taking place.", "The technique uses a large grinder to extract the coal and creates large amounts of coal dust and methane gas, both of which are explosive.", "Recovery crews found some of the bodies in a section of the mine where readings showed high levels of gases, and the crews needed breathing gear to enter, said Jama Jarrett, spokeswoman for the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training.", "Rescuers had to use high-pressure fans to pull the toxic air through holes to the surface.", "CNN's Melissa Gray contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: The explosion was the mining industry's worst disaster in 40 years .", "The West Virginia mine that exploded in April had a sudden influx of methane .", "It's too soon to say whether the gas caused the explosion, investigators say .", "The release of methane was almost three times greater than normal ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three New Jersey teenagers who allegedly videotaped the beating death of an immigrant from El Salvador and showed the recording to friends have been charged with the man's murder, authorities said.", "Khayri Williams-Clark, 18; Nigel Dumas, 19; and an unidentified 17-year-old minor were all charged with the murder of Abelino Mazariego, 47, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement Tuesday.", "Williams-Clark is being held on $100,000 bail and Dumas is being held on $250,000, authorities said.", "The minor is being kept in a juvenile detention center, the prosecutor's office said.", "The fatal beating occurred on the evening of Sunday, July 17, the prosecutor's office said.", "According to investigators, Mazariego was sitting on a bench in an upscale neighborhood park area in Summit, New Jersey, when he was approached by the teenagers.", "The three allegedly attacked Mazariego and recorded the assault with a cell phone camera.", "\"Without getting into too much detail, it was videotaped and showed amongst teenagers in town,\" spokesman John Holl of the Union County Prosecutor's Office told CNN.", "\"There were people in town who heard about it, who saw it and that was reported to officers.\"", "The beating appears to have been unprovoked, the prosecutor's statement said.", "Mazariego was taken to Overlook Hospital in Summit, but he never regained consciousness and died July 19.", "The Union County medical examiner determined the death was due to brain injuries sustained in the assault, the prosecutor's office said.", "Residents of Summit are invited to attend a peace and reconciliation service Wednesday evening, according to the city's website.", "Participants will gather at city hall and walk to the site where Mazariego was attacked, where they will leave flowers.", "\"Summit is a community that neither expects nor will ever accept violence against any of its citizens, and the murder of this hard-working father and husband is a tragedy that is deeply felt throughout the community,\" a statement on the website said.", "Meanwhile, a registered nurse at Overlook Hospital has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing several hundred dollars from Mazariego while he was being treated in the emergency room, the prosecutor's statement said.", "\"The night of the attack coincided with Mazariego's regular payday and family members informed police that roughly $640 was missing from his wallet,\" the prosecutor's office said.", "\"An investigation was launched by Summit police that led them to\" nurse Stephan Randolph, 39." ]	[ "3 New Jersey teenagers face murder charges after the beating death of Abelino Mazariego .", "The Union County prosecutor's office says the teens allegedly recorded the beating on a cell phone camera .", "A nurse at the hospital where the victim was treated has been charged with theft for stealing cash from Mazariego ." ]	[ 0, 6, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A popular sightseeing destination in Australia is boldly going where no tourist attraction has gone before -- by offering audio tours in the Klingon language.", "Starting August 22, Star Trek fans and those who are fluent in Klingon can visit the Jenolan Caves National Park and take a self-guided audio tour in Klingon through the \"Nettle Cave.\"", "Currently offering audio tours in eight languages, Nettle Cave is part of one of the oldest cave systems in the world and has about 150,000 to 200,000 visitors annually, making it one of the most visited caves in Australia.", "\"We thought it would be neat to add another language, perhaps a fictional one,\" says David Hay in charge of Cultural Initiatives at Jenolan Caves.", "\"We considered adding dwarfish or elfish, but then decided to add the second most spoken fictional language in the world after Esperanto, which is Klingon.\"", "How to speak Klingon .", "Hay says the language addition isn't completely out of the blue.", "In the early 1990s, two writers of \"Star Trek: The Next Generation\" visited the caves and decided to name a transport vessel, the USS Jenolan, in the 1992 episode, \"Relics.\"", "In July, two Klingon scholars -- Michael Roney Jr. and Tracy Canfield -- visited the caves from the United States and translated the current English audio tour of the caves into Klingon and recorded it in a Sydney studio.", "Speaking in the Star Trek language, Roney exclaimed \"lH, qar'a'\"?", "when he first visited the caves to express their beauty, according to a statement released by Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust.", "The Klingon language was first created in 1979 for \"Star Trek: The Motion Picture.\"", "by James Doohan, who played Scotty in the sci-fi series.", "Star Trek producers later consulted linguist Mark Okrand to develop the language for \"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock\" and subsequent other films.", "The \"Klingon Dictionary\" created by Okrand went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies over the years.", "Currently, the Klingon Language Institute has an estimated 2,500 members in 50 countries.", "\"What I think is happening is that people are very interested in the language and we have created a portal into it,\" says Hay.", "\"This is an opportunity for others to listen to Klingon and make it available for those who interested in it.\"" ]	[ "Star Trek fans and those fluent in Klingon can take an audio tour in the language .", "Nettle Cave currently offers audio tours in eight languages .", "It's one of the most visited caves in Australia." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "PLACERVILLE, California (CNN) -- A California couple charged with a combined 29 felony counts in connection with the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Dugard appeared in court for a bond hearing Monday.", "Phillip and Nancy Garrido appear in court in Placerville, California, on Monday.", "Phillip and Nancy Garrido, wearing red jail coveralls, were flanked by their attorneys.", "They appeared to glance at each other only briefly.", "Phillip Garrido wore a bandage on the side of his nose.", "The Garridos are accused of kidnapping Dugard in 1991, when she was 11, and keeping her in a well-hidden compound behind their home in Antioch, California, for 18 years.", "Phillip Garrido fathered two children with Dugard during her captivity, authorities have said.", "The couple had been held without bail, but Phillip Garrido's defense attorney requested that bail be set for him Monday.", "El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister set his bond at $30 million.", "Watch the Garridos at the hearing » .", "However, El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson told reporters after the hearing that Garrido, a registered sex offender, is also on a \"parole hold,\" which carries no bond.", "A parole hold is placed on people on parole or under supervision when they are taken back into custody.", "Nancy Garrido's attorney told Phimister that she was not contesting her no-bond status, although she might ask that bond be set in the future.", "Both defense attorneys told the judge they wanted to make clear that their clients are invoking the right to counsel and do not want to be questioned.", "Phimister noted that \"other agencies\" are interested in interviewing the couple.", "Phillip Garrido will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, a common step for defendants.", "Nancy Garrido's attorney said he was attempting to schedule one for her as well.", "The two defendants spoke only once, answering \"Yes,\" when asked by the judge if they were willing to waive their right to a preliminary hearing within 60 days.", "Both Garridos previously pleaded not guilty to the charges.", "They face a combined 29 felony counts; 26 counts name only one of them -- 13 for each -- and both are named in three.", "Phillip Garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman in 1976, and was released from prison after serving 10 years of a 50-year sentence.", "He was required to register as a sex offender and placed on lifetime parole.", "Pierson acknowledged Monday that \"very legitimate questions\" have been raised about Garrido's release and supervision.", "\"Those are issues which I'm confident will be addressed in a proper venue at a proper time,\" he said.", "But Pierson praised Garrido's current parole officer for helping to bring about his capture, breaking through his \"elaborate, well-planned cover story that was 18 years in the making.\"", "The parole officer summoned Garrido to his office after being tipped off by University of California-Berkeley police, who considered Garrido suspicious and questioned why he was on campus with two young girls.", "Those girls later were shown to be his daughters by Dugard.", "As for Dugard and her family, Pierson released no details but said he echoed earlier comments, made by family spokeswoman Tina Dugard, that all family members are doing well under the circumstances.", "Professionals have been brought in to assist the family, he said.", "Pierson pleaded with reporters to exercise \"basic human decency\" and leave Dugard's family in peace.", "\"What this family has been through ... they have a lot to deal with right now,\" he said.", "Asked about a possible statute of limitations on the Garridos' alleged crimes, Pierson said it was complicated, but prosecutors have examined the issue and \"we're confident we're not going to have a problem in this case.\"", "He said he did not know whether a grand jury would be convened in the case, and did not rule out additional charges against the Garridos.", "He would not speculate on when the two might stand trial, saying, \"in a perfect world, the criminal justice system would move much more quickly than it does.\"", "Both the Garridos, if convicted, would face \"multiple life terms,\" he said.", "After the couple was arrested in August, investigators used cadaver dogs to search their ramshackle home and the surrounding rural property for a possible connection to unsolved crimes.", "A bone fragment that is \"probably human\" was found near the Garridos' home, a sheriff's spokesman said September 8.", "The bone was found early in September on a neighbor's property in an area to which Phillip Garrido had access.", "The fragment, which was analyzed by an outside expert, will go on to the state DNA lab for testing, according to an e-mail from Jimmy Lee, director of public affairs for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.", "\"The expert has determined that the bone fragment found in the backyard of Garrido's neighbor is probably human,\" Lee said.", "\"We will be requesting the state to see if it can develop a DNA profile on the fragment.", "It should be noted that it is not uncommon to find Native American remains in Contra Costa County,\" he said.", "Police in Hayward, California, are trying to determine whether Garrido is linked to the 1988 kidnapping of Michaela Garecht, Hayward Police Lt. Chris Orrey said earlier this month.", "Garecht and Dugard were of similar age and appearance, both were abducted in daylight, and a sketch of a suspect resembled Garrido, Orrey said.", "In Dublin, California, investigators said earlier this month they were looking into whether Garrido was connected to the 1989 disappearance of Ilene Misheloff, who was 13 when she was abducted.", "Garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping Katie Callaway Hall in 1976.", "He was released from prison after serving 10 years of a 50-year sentence.", "He was labeled a sex offender and put on lifetime parole.", "CNN's Dan Simon and Rob Ade contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: DA doesn't expect statute of limitation to be a problem in prosecuting case Bail set for Phllip Garrido but \"parole hold\" means he can't be released .", "Attorney for his wife, Nancy, says she doesn't contest her no-bond status .", "Garridos face 29 felony counts in case of Jaycee Dugard, abducted in 1991 ." ]	[ 0, 5, 12, 26 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Czech Republic has apologized for a controversial art installation it commissioned to mark its six-month presidency of the European Union.", "David Cerny attends the 'Entropa' exhibit with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra.", "The work, \"Entropa,\" frames various representations of each member state as components of a giant multimedia model kit.", "With Bulgaria depicted as a Turkish toilet and Romania as a vampire theme-park, the work by Czech artist David Cerny has provoked an angry response from some member states.", "Betina Joteva, spokesperson for Bulgaria's permanent representation to the EU, said in comments reported by EUObserver.com: \"It [the work] is preposterous, a disgrace.", "It is a humiliation for the Bulgarian nation and an offence to [our] national dignity.\"", "Look at images of European nations » .", "At the official unveiling of the work at the EU headquarters in Brussels Thursday, Alexandr Vondra, Czech Deputy Prime Minister for EU affairs, said: \"Entropa is a provocation of a kind.", "I understand that some could feel offended and I would like to apologize to them.", "This does not just concern Bulgaria but any other member state.", "\"I would also like to apologize to all those whom I have unintentionally misled, among other media representatives and my colleagues from the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic in Brussels.", "If Entropa was supposed to make fun of someone, that would be us, me in the first place.\"", "Bulgaria is not the only nation to suffer an unflattering depiction.", "What do you think about images?", "Germany is criss-crossed by a series of autobahns in what some critics say is a close approximation of a swastika; Spain is a giant construction site in a dig at its building boom; and Luxembourg is a gold covered nugget sporting a \"For Sale\" sign.", "The Netherlands is depicted as a submerged land with only minarets peeking through the waves in an apparent reference to its religious tensions.", "Poland recreates the WWII flag-raising at Iwo Jima, only with the U.S. Marines and the Stars and Stripes replaced with Catholic clergy brandishing the multi-colored gay pride flag.", "The UK is absent from the work -- possibly because of its on-off relationship with the rest of the continent.", "In a further embarrassment, the Czech government said in a statement on its presidency Web site Tuesday that the original brief was for the work to be created by 27 artists representing all EU Member States -- and that it was \"unpleasantly surprised\" to learn that this was not the case.", "When we received the proposal for a joint project of 27 artists, we created the conditions for its realization,\" Vondra said Thursday in quotes carried on the presidency Web site.", "\"The project which was then delivered by David Cerny included the names of 26 other artists, each of them being the creator of his or her own country.", "\"Part of the deal was that any other costs relating to production of the project would be covered by the artist himself or private funds he would find.", "Only after the Entropa had been installed here we learnt, much to our surprise and dismay, that the participation of 27 artists was in fact a piece of misinformation.", "\"It was an unpleasant shock for us although the conceptual artist DC later apologize to the government and informed us that we did not use the Czech tax payers' money appropriated for this project.", "\"It was an unpleasant shock for us,\" Vondra said Thursday, in speech carried.", "although the conceptual artist DC later apologize to the government and informed us that we did not use the Czech tax payers' money appropriated for this project.", "Cerny is no stranger to controversy.", "In 1991 he was arrested after painting pink a Soviet tank that served as a Prague war memorial.", "His Web site shows other examples of his work, including previous kit-style installations entitled \"Jesus Christ\" and \"Dead Raped Woman\"; and a life-size bronze fountain that depicts two men standing opposite each other, urinating.", "Cerny, and his main collaborators Kristof Kintera and Tomas Pospiszyl apologized to Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and other government ministers Tuesday, according to a statement on the artist's Web site, for \" not having informed them about what is true and for having misled them.\"", "The statement adds that Cerny and his colleagues initially wanted to use 27 European artists for \"Entropa\", but fell short due to lack of time and money.", "Instead, they say, they decided to create fictional artists, some of whom have even been given their own Web sites." ]	[ "Czech Republic assumed six-month presidency of European Union this month .", "Czech artist, govt.", "apologized for artwork that sparked diplomatic protests .", "\"Entropa\" was officially unveiled at EU HQ in Brussels Thursday .", "Bulgarian EU representative: A humiliation for the Bulgarian nation ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Two major civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the government's asserted authority to kill U.S. citizens living abroad who are designated as terrorists.", "The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights announced they represent the father of influential Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, believed to be living in Yemen, who may be targeted by U.S. government drones.", "U.S. officials believe al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American, influenced Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shootings, and played a more active role in Umar Farouk Abdul-Mutallab's attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009.", "Officials also believe al-Awlaki inspired Faisal Shahzad, who has pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges in the attempted car bomb attack in Times Square in May, as well as several others.", "The ACLU and CCR announced the challenge to the government's plan to use lethal force against U.S. citizens \"located far from any battlefield without charge, trial, or judicial process of any kind,\" a statement from the groups said.", "\"President Obama is claiming the power to act as judge, jury, and executioner while suspending any semblance of due process,\" said Vince Warren, executive director of the CCR.", "The two groups and al-Awlaki's father, Nasser al-Awlaki, are particularly concerned about the use of drones to target civilian al-Qaeda supporters.", "Unmanned drones are frequently used in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where Taliban and other insurgents are believed to be operating.", "The suit specifically challenges the law that prohibits attorneys from providing representation for al-Awlaki without first seeking a license from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control.", "The office, which labeled al-Awlaki a \"specially designated global terrorist,\" has so far not granted the groups a license.", "\"The government is targeting an American citizen for death without any legal process whatsoever, while at the same time impeding lawyers from challenging that death sentence,\" said ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero.", "The Justice Department, which is expected to defend the administration against the lawsuit, had no immediate comment." ]	[ "Two human rights groups file a lawsuit against government's targeting of American terrorists .", "ACLU, CCR say they represent the father of Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki .", "The groups challenge the U.S. government's authority to kill American terrorists living abroad ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- The father and brother of a Harry Potter actress will appear in court later this month in Manchester, England, on charges of threatening to kill the young star, prosecutors said Friday.", "Abdul Azad, 54, and his son Ashraf, 28, are accused of attacking actress Afshan Azad earlier this month because of her relationship with a Hindu man, a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said.", "The family is Muslim.", "The father and brother appeared at Manchester Magistrate's Court on Wednesday and were released on conditional bail, said the spokesman, who could not be named in line with policy.", "Bail conditions include a curfew and ban on traveling to London, the Manchester Evening News reported.", "Afshan Azad, reported to be 22, has appeared in four Harry Potter films as Padma Patil, a classmate of the boy wizard and twin sister of Parvati Patil.", "The alleged attack happened May 21.", "The father and brother are charged with threatening to kill the actress, and her brother is also charged with assault, the prosecutors' spokesman said.", "Afshan Azad had never acted before she was cast in the movies, and admitted she only went to the auditions with her friends \"for a bit of fun,\" the Manchester Evening News reported." ]	[ "Father, brother of Harry Potter actress to appear in court this month .", "Both charged with threatning to kill Afshan Azad; brother charged with assault .", "Azad has played Padma Patil in four Harry Potter movies .", "Alleged attack happened May 21 ." ]	[ 0, 5, 6, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In decades past, your grandfather may have taken granny to the park, got down on one knee and proposed to her, with a sparkling ring in hand.", "Nowadays, some suitors are reaching out to their brides-to-be through their computer, pushing a button and proposing: right through the internet.", "As technology continues to touch on almost every aspect of social life, there is no stopping this generation's use of the internet as a tool -- even for marriage.", "But with these nontraditional methods of courtship, can we help but wonder: Is chivalry dead?", "Johannes S. Beals was surfing the net recently when he was inspired to propose marriage.", "The engagement ring for his long-time girlfriend had been hidden in his home for four months, and it was while chatting with other filmmakers that he figured out how he would propose to his wife.", "\"I saw Alyssa Milano tweet about the Old Spice Guy's personalized video responses and that's when the idea popped in my head to ask him to propose to my wife,\" said Beals, a producer and director in California.", "He tweeted to Isaiah Mustafa, the shirtless shower man who plays the Old Spice Guy, \"Can U Ask my girlfriend to marry me?", "Her name is Angela A.", "Hutt-Chamberlin.\"", "Three hours later the deal was done.", "The Old Spice Guy, wrapped in his towel, appears in a bathroom, dims the lights, rolls in candles, holds out a ring and reads the proposal in a deep, chivalrous voice.", "The video proposal went viral and Beals is now on his way to becoming a married man.", "Beals' proposal is one example of the power the internet can have in personal lives, and raised the question about how technology impacts the tradition of the marriage proposal.", "Sarah Pease, owner of Brilliant Event Planning, said that as time passes, proposals are becoming more elaborate and that technology encourages more opportunities for lovers to express their creativity.", "However, she finds the idea of proposing online as a substitute for the traditional act of getting down on one knee a bit puzzling.", "\"Any proposal where the girl says yes is a great proposal,\" Pease said.", "\"But would I recommend proposing on Twitter or online to my clients?", "Never.\" The current world of technology pressures people to do things bigger and better than they were done in the past, she said.", "Yet she believes that by using social media or the internet as a sole medium to propose devalues the wedding proposal and denies the man the true creative buzz that comes from planning a wedding proposal.", "\"Proposing online may work for some people, but I think there are just so many other creative ways that you can pop the question and still embrace the tradition of getting down on one knee,\" Pease said.", "It is men's fear of rejection that pushes them to want to go public with their proposals online, said Michael Rosenfeld, an associate professor of sociology at Stanford University.", "Just like proposing on a JumboTron at a baseball game, proposing in public gives men control by creating a situation that pressures women into saying yes.", "Watch her propose during commencement speech .", "\"Proposing online or in any public space has something to do with power in the relationship,\" Rosenfeld said.", "\"There might be fear if you ask them one-on-one because the woman might say no.", "Proposing in public helps to reduce that risk.\"", "What also makes proposing online more attractive is the economic benefit and feasibility.", "\"The internet is a lot more accessible -- it's more difficult to get a billboard at a baseball game or to hire a jumbo jet,\" said Christina Warren, whose fiancé proposed to her on Twitter in January 2009.", "\"Grand gestures can be made online at little to no cost, and depending on the people that are involved, the proposal becomes more meaningful,\" Warren said.", "The reporter for Mashable.com and her computer programmer fiancé are self-proclaimed computer nerds whose obsessions with all things tech made their online proposal feel appropriate.", "Yet it is this dramatic sense of efficiency, Rosenfeld said, that supports technology's \"obsessive and overtrumping culture.\"", "The meaning behind the tradition of the wedding proposal and the chivalrous man coming to court his lady's hand gets lost in a whirlwind of information that appears to be attempts at just being noticed.", "\"With the internet, people tend to be less concerned with privacy,\" Rosenfeld said.", "\"They want to be obsessively public about something that people may think of as a private matter.\"", "\"Fame and notoriety is something that people always have sought.", "In the internet age, the border to fame and notoriety is much lower, and because we live in an age of very gratifying self promotion, online proposals can sometimes devalue tradition.\"", "Watch man propose on live TV .", "But for those who fame has hit for venturing online with a wedding proposal -- such as Stephanie Sullivan Rewis and Greg Rewis, who became the first couple to propose on Twitter -- chivalry is still alive.", "\"I didn't feel any different than women whose boyfriend proposes on the JumboTron or billboard in Times Square feel,\" said Stephanie Rewis.", "\"Is it the method that matters or the thought and outcome?\"", "Rosenfeld said he agrees with the latter.", "\"I think that people can still have a very old fashioned view of relationships and the pursuit of marriage.", "The way people meet and are doing things are rapidly changing, and the internet is increasingly becoming the intermediary for all that.", "\"So chivalry isn't dead.", "I think it is every bit of alive as it has ever been.\"" ]	[ "Some couples use sites such as Twitter or YouTube to propose .", "Sociologist says that proposing online pressures women into saying \"yes\"\nOnline proposals might be appropriate for a couple, some say ." ]	[ 22, 25, 38 ]
[ "Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigerian gunmen on Sunday released 12 sailors who ship was attacked two days earlier off the country's coast, a spokesman for the Nigerian military said.", "Pirates had boarded a German-flagged ship off the coast of Nigeria on Friday night and took the foreigners hostage, the country's military said.", "The attack took place about four nautical miles off Bonny Island, said Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta.", "He didn't release any details on the pirates, only saying they are \"criminals.\"", "One sailor was wounded in the attack and left on the boat, he said.", "The kidnappers later abandoned the ship and it was retrieved by the Nigerian navy.", "The freed sailors were on their way to Bonny Island, where their ship is currently anchored off the coast of the southern Nigerian state of Rivers.", "Earlier, Antigha had said he did not know the nationalities of the abducted sailors or whether the pirates had demanded a ransom." ]	[ "NEW: Gunmen release their 12 hostages .", "Attack on German-flagged ship takes place Friday off Bonny Island .", "One sailor is wounded in the attack .", "Pirates had abandoned ship ." ]	[ 1, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The rebellion by paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles troops apparently ended Thursday after they handed over their weapons inside their headquarters in the capital city's Pilkhana district, the national press agency quoted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as saying in a nationwide televised address.", "However, the fate of top military officers who were taken hostage Wednesday was unclear, according to the news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, or BSS, on its Web site.", "Home Minister Sahara Khatun \"oversaw a rescue campaign along with a government delegation in search of bodies of officers, BDR soldiers, their family members and relatives,\" the agency said.", "The Bangladesh Rifles is also known as the BDR.", "Bangladeshi soldiers take position armed with automatic weapons in Dhaka on Wednesday.", "Earlier Thursday, the country's home minister, Sahara Khatun, said mutinous paramilitary troops were close to laying down their arms and many had returned to their barracks.", "\"They have raised white flags and the situation is in its last stages,\" added a government official who did not want to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media.", "\"The army presence is a means to secure the area and there is nothing to be worried about.\"", "Still, for a jittery city, the heavy military presence near the gates of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in the Pilkhana area raised fears of a potentially deadly confrontation.", "\"This cannot be good,\" said Palash Chowdhury, who was watching the drama unfold from his uncle's house a few blocks away.", "\"This cannot be good.\" Meanwhile, police in about six other towns reported shooting incidents involving Rifles troops, another government official confirmed to CNN.", "The incidents do not appear to have resulted in casualties, but had raised fears that the mutiny would spread outside the capital.", "Bangladesh Police spokesman Kamrul Ahsan disputed the reports to CNN.", "But concerned residents were not so readily appeased.", "\"Yesterday, people thought this was an internal BDR grievance and it would be worked out,\" said Rashid Zaman, a Dhaka resident.", "\"Now, we see the scope is much broader, that it's getting serious.", "There's an uncertainty. No one knows which way things will turn.\"", "Watch a witness describe seeing and hearing the gunbattle » .", "Shops and offices in the capital sent workers home.", "Adding to the city's paranoia: Dhaka residents suddenly found themselves unable to make or receive calls from elsewhere in the country.", "\"Many people are finding this troubling,\" said Zahid Hussain, a former journalist who is now part of a U.S.-funded effort to create an investigative journalism center in the country.", "\"Whenever the army has gone into action in the past, they cut off the mobile connection so nobody can pass information.\"", "The standoff at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters began Wednesday morning after a gun battle.", "At least 50 officers and civilians were feared dead in the gunfire, the country's law minister said.", "Watch how paramilitary revolt has spread » .", "As dawn broke Thursday, the rebelling troops with the Bangladesh Rifles allowed government officials entry into the headquarters.", "They went door-to-door at officers' quarters to assure frightened women and children it was safe to come out.", "CNN was not immediately able to confirm the exact casualty count, with medical officials saying a final number would come after they had a chance to comb through the premises looking for bodies.", "At least six bodies were recovered from rivers and drainage ditches Thursday, bringing the total to eight.", "Many of them had on military uniforms, government officials said.", "Authorities say the men had been killed and their bodies dumped in sewers.", "They were recovered after they floated for miles down rivers.", "The Bangladesh Rifles is responsible primarily for guarding the country's borders.", "The force, numbering more than 65,000, also takes part in operations such as monitoring polls.", "The troops staged their rebellion on the second day of BDR Week, when officers and troop members from various BDR outposts along the border were in the capital for celebrations.", "At least 5,000 BDR personnel were inside the compound when the mutiny occurred about 7:45 a.m. local time Wednesday, said Mohammed Sajjad Haider, spokesman for the information ministry.", "The rebelling troops were low-ranking members of the BDR, akin to infantrymen, who were angry at the way they were treated by their superiors, Haider said.", "\"They have several demands,\" Haider said.", "\"They want pay parity with the army, they want job security, they want better food rations.\"", "The mutiny is the most serious crisis for Bangladesh's newly elected government, which came into power in December after two years of army-backed rule.", "CNN's Saeed Ahmed contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW: Mutineers hand over arms at headquarters, prime minister is quoted as saying .", "Nearly 50 people killed in Bangladesh Rifles headquarters, minister says .", "CNN not immediately able to confirm the exact casualty count .", "Anxiety grew as residents of Dhaka, the capital, lost phone service ." ]	[ 0, 3, 27 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is calling for the immediate release of three American hikers seized by Iranian forces along the Iraqi border who will have been in custody for exactly a year on Saturday.", "\"Their unjust detention has nothing to do with the issues that continue to divide the United States and the international community from the Iranian government,\" Obama said in a statement Friday.", "\"This is a humanitarian imperative, as these three young people are innocent of any crime.\"", "The three Americans -- Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Josh Fattal -- were detained after they allegedly strayed across an unmarked border while hiking in Iraq's Kurdistan region.", "The Nation magazine reported last month that two witnesses have said they saw members of Iran's national police force cross into Iraq to apprehend the three.", "Tehran has claimed the three hikers are spies.", "Iran's intelligence minister has hinted the country may consider releasing them in exchange for the release of Iranian prisoners, according to state media.", "\"I want to be perfectly clear: Sarah, Shane and Josh have never worked for the United States government,\" Obama said.", "\"They are simply open-minded and adventurous young people who represent the best of America, and of the human spirit.", "They are teachers, artists, and advocates for social and environmental justice.", "They have never had any quarrel with the government of Iran, and have great respect for the Iranian people.\"", "The president said he spoke with the hikers' mothers this week and noted that the Iranian government allowed the women to visit their children earlier this year.", "But \"I cannot imagine how painful it was for these three courageous women to return home without their children.", "I told these three mothers that Sarah, Shane and Josh are in my thoughts and prayers, and that the U.S. government would continue to do all that it could to secure their release.\"", "Meanwhile, the mothers continue to grow increasingly angry and exasperated as they press the Iranian government to free their children.", "\"This is unbelievable to us at this point,\" Nora Shourd told CNN's American Morning earlier Friday.", "\"I mean, it is outrageous that they are still there.\"", "Shourd, the mother of hiker Sarah Shourd, said at first they thought the ordeal would be \"over fairly quickly.\"", "She said it has gone on \"long enough.\"", "Obama also recently spoke with the wife of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who went missing in Iran over three years ago.", "\"We continue to have no information about his welfare, and reiterate our call for the government of Iran to provide any information that it has about his whereabouts,\" the president said.", "\"It is time to facilitate Robert Levinson's return to the family and friends who have suffered so greatly in his absence.\"" ]	[ "Three American hikers have been in Iranian custody for a year on Saturday .", "Obama says the hikers are \"innocent of any crime\" and calls for their release .", "Iran has accused the three of espionage ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As temperatures climbed toward the 90s across the Washington metro region Monday, hundreds of thousands of people were left to cope with the blistering heat as utility crews worked to restore power after a violent thunderstorm that killed two people.", "A 6-year-old boy was fatally injured while walking with his family Sunday afternoon in Sterling, Virginia, when heavy wind caused a large section of a tree to fall, according to Kraig Troxell, a spokesman for the Loudoun County sheriff.", "The boy, whose name was not released, died at a Virginia hospital, Troxell said.", "A second person was killed and another was injured in Beltsville, Maryland, on Sunday when a tree fell on the car in which they were riding, according to Cpl.", "Clinton Copeland, a spokesman for the Prince George's County Police Department.", "Meanwhile, utility crews restored power to a Washington-area nursing home that has been forced to brave the elements since Sunday afternoon.", "Cooling buses and emergency crews worked with building nurses and officials until power was restored about 1 p.m Monday, according to Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and EMS.", "As a precautionary measure, five people were transported to area hospitals with heat-related illness.", "Their conditions were not severe, Piringer added.", "Electricity provider Pepco said Monday that about 220,000 residences across the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia were still in the dark -- and without air-conditioning -- following one of the hottest days of the year.", "July's brutal onslaught of record heat continued in the eastern United States, with temperature records set Sunday in Baltimore, Maryland, where it hit 100 degrees, and Washington, where it was 98.", "By Monday afternoon, damage had been reported across the region from 270 downed trees or very large limbs, including approximately 20 full large trees, according to the District Department of Transportation.", "More than 20 traffic signals remained out because of power problems, the department added.", "The storm was part of a slow-moving front that struck parts of the Northeast before moving south.", "Heat advisories and warnings continue for the Deep South in parts of Georgia and South Carolina through Monday; the heat index is expected to exceed 105 degrees.", "CNN's Angela Fritz, Jonathan Helman and Devon Sayers contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Power restored at Washington-area nursing home .", "Massive thunderstorm leaves hundreds of thousands without power in metro Washington .", "Two people were killed in storm-related incidents .", "The storm was part of a slow-moving front moving south ." ]	[ 0, 5, 13 ]
[ "Editor's note: Annette Gordon-Reed won the 2008 National Book Award for \"The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family,\" a book the award judges said, \"is more than the story of Thomas Jefferson and his house slave Sally Hemings; it is a deeply moral and keenly intelligent probe of the harsh yet all-too-human world they inhabited and the bloodline they share.\"", "She is a law professor at New York Law School and a history professor at Rutgers University, and editor of \"Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History.\"", "Annette Gordon-Reed says Barack Obama's election reshapes perceptions about race in America.", "(CNN) -- By now, it has become almost a cliché: \"I never thought I'd live to see it happen.\"", "That common reaction to the election of Barack Obama, an African-American, to the presidency of the United States captures much about the country's troubled racial history.", "Black people have been a presence on the North American continent from the early 1600s, and the 1500s if you count the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine, Florida.", "Yet, the fact that we were brought to America as slaves and had to wage a centuries-long battle for freedom -- and then for civic and civil rights -- has often shaped perceptions about what is and is not possible for blacks to achieve.", "It has also shaped views about what whites as a group will and will not tolerate when it comes to black advancement, as if the races were in a zero-sum competition; any black \"gain\" seems to be viewed automatically as a \"loss\" to whites.", "True, the president-elect did not get a majority of white votes, and much opposition to him was clearly based upon his race -- sometimes shockingly so.", "One of my most poignant memories of the campaign will always be an exchange I had with a friend who had gone to Pennsylvania to canvass for Obama.", "The experience was at once exhilarating and disheartening to him.", "An idealistic young white man who had grown up in a progressive community, he was happy to have a candidate he could support enthusiastically, yet he found himself crestfallen when would-be voters told him flatly that they would never vote for a black man for president.", "Not that Obama's political views were anathema to them, or that he did not have enough experience: his race alone was a deal breaker.", "The question, from the moment it was clear that Obama was a serious contender, was just how many Americans were like the people my young friend encountered.", "All over the world, those who figured such people represented the majority of white Americans, asked, \"Will they (meaning whites, obviously) let him win?\"", "Singer Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders reportedly answered that question, saying in Blender magazine that while she really liked Obama, she knew her \"people\" (again, meaning, whites) and they would not allow him to win.", "In the end, no critical mass of eligible white voters came out to defend the White House as \"whites-only\" territory.", "The possible legions fulfilling the expectation of the \"Bradley Effect\" -- when prospective voters tell pollsters they might vote for a black candidate, intending all the while to vote for the white candidate -- never materialized.", "Or, if they did, their votes were not enough to change the outcome.", "The Obama candidacy was essentially a bet that the conventional wisdom about what we \"knew\" of white Americans was faulty.", "\"Yes We Can\" could mean many things, but it was certainly an ingenious way to address the racial question.", "It called on black and white alike to ignore edicts imposed from the outside about what they were \"supposed\" to do, think and feel.", "This was a bigger hurdle for whites.", "Blacks have been voting for whites for as long as we have been allowed to vote.", "While race could remain a factor for whites, in today's world, it might not trump everything.", "Concerns about an unpopular war, fatigue with the party in power, the lack of enthusiasm for the candidates on the opposing ticket and sheer terror as the economy slid into the abyss might loom as more important than a candidate's color, if one had the right candidate.", "Make no mistake: the times we live in fostered Obama's triumph.", "The country has had unpopular wars, bad candidates and shaky economic times before, and it is safe to say that no black candidate, no matter how talented, could have been elected president during those earlier times.", "Obama's success is evidence that the United States has changed in important ways.", "It does not, however, signal the death of racism in the country, anymore than the passages of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, the decision in Brown v. Board of Education, or the enactment of the civil rights provisions of the 1960s ended the struggle against racial prejudice.", "Each of those momentous events, considered almost miraculous in their time, brought vibrant hopes that were far too often dashed.", "They were just beginnings, means to an end that was yet to come.", "Racism is no easy foe.", "The election of one man will not, by itself, be enough to overcome the history that has given race its meaning in the United States.", "It is clear, however, that we must edit our narrative about race.", "We, all of us, must reconsider the things we say people can do and cannot do today, because of the truths we know about our past.", "The election of 2008 is evidence that many Americans may be willing to do that; to chart a new course on the question of race.", "I am not totally surprised.", "Back in 1997, when I started traveling the country speaking about my first book, \"Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy,\" I braced myself for the hostility I anticipated from whites who might not be able to accept that our third president had children with an enslaved African-American woman.", "Instead, many people -- most typically Southern whites -- came out to tell me about their \"Hemings-Jefferson\" type family histories, eager to contribute to a more truthful account of what has happened between the races from this country's beginnings.", "Impulses to truth and reconciliation, wherever found and however expressed, should be nurtured.", "A better future depends upon it.", "Yes we can. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Annette Gordon-Reed." ]	[ "Annette Gordon-Reed: Obama bet perception of racial barriers was faulty .", "She says the \"Bradley effect\" never materialized in voting booths .", "Race is not an easy foe, and this is not the end of racism, she says .", "She says the election calls for rethinking what racial barriers still exist ." ]	[ 2, 4, 19, 22, 32 ]
[ "ANTIOCH, California (CNN) -- A bone fragment found near the northern California home of kidnapping and rape suspect Phillip Garrido could add another chapter to the twisted tale.", "Cases of missing girls Ilene Misheloff, left, and Michaela Garecht now linked to Garrido investigation.", "On Tuesday, authorities will try to determine whether the bone is human and whether it connects Garrido, 58, to any crimes beyond the alleged kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who went missing in 1991 at age 11.", "Investigators said they found the bone on a neighbor's property in an area to which Garrido had access.", "Crews were using cadaver dogs to search the property, said Jimmy Lee, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department.", "Investigators are looking into other cases that may involve Garrido, giving hope to parents including Sharon Murch, whose daughter, Michaela Garecht, was abducted at age 9 in 1988.", "\"I leaped up yelling, 'Oh, my God.'", "I was, of course, joyful for Jaycee herself, but my first thought was 'please, God, let Michaela be with her,'\" she said.", "\"I was very high for a while. I was very low for a while.\" Watch Murch describe the cases' similarities » .", "Garrido kidnapped Dugard in 1991 in South Lake Tahoe, California, fathered two daughters with her and held her captive in a well-hidden backyard compound, authorities said.", "Watch aerial view of backyard compound » .", "Garrido and his wife, Nancy, face 29 felony charges, including rape and kidnapping.", "Both have pleaded not guilty.", "Watch what investigators say about bone fragment » .", "Dugard has begun the process of getting to know her mother again, said her stepfather, Carl Probyn.", "\"She's doing good,\" Probyn told CNN's Larry King on Monday.", "\"She's with a group and they're taking care of her and they're getting adjusted.\"", "Dugard is with her mother at an undisclosed location along with a team of psychologists and law enforcement officers, he said.", "He has not seen or spoken to his stepdaughter.", "The last time he saw her was 18 years ago, when he watched helplessly as she was kidnapped at a bus stop near the family's home.", "See photos of Dugard's living conditions » .", "FBI special agent Chris Campion, lead federal investigator in the case, said Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn, was \"ecstatic\" her daughter was found.", "\"When I called her she was beside herself with joy, and I was present when she was reunited with Jaycee,\" he said.", "\"It was a very emotional scene.", "Both of them were just overjoyed to be with each other again. There's going to be a period of adjustment, no doubt, but they're doing very well at this point.", "And the two daughters are probably as happy as Jaycee is to be part of this family, as well.\"", "Police in Hayward, California, are trying to determine whether Garrido is linked to the 1988 kidnapping of Michaela Garecht, said Hayward police Lt. Chris Orrey.", "Garecht and Dugard were of similar age and appearance, both were abducted in daylight, and a sketch of a suspect resembled Garrido, Orrey said.", "There are differences, as well, but she declined to elaborate.", "The similarities in the cases, the fact that Dugard was found close to home and comments from neighbors make Murch think her daughter could have been on Garrido's compound.", "\"I understand that a few years ago, one of the neighbors called in and said that there were girls being kept in the backyard.", "... She said that there were a number of girls that came and went, but that there was a core group of five,\" Murch said.", "She hopes her daughter was among them.", "In Dublin, California, police were looking into whether Garrido was connected to the 1989 disappearance of Ilene Misheloff who was 13 when she was abducted, investigators said.", "Garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping Katie Callaway Hall in 1976.", "He was released after serving 10 years of a 50-year sentence.", "He was labeled a sex offender and put on lifetime parole.", "Garrido abducted Hall after she agreed to give him a ride to a supermarket.", "He took her to a mini-warehouse in Reno, Nevada, where he raped her.", "She managed to escape soon afterward.", "\"I can't imagine what Jaycee is going through.", "He had me for eight hours.", "He had her for 18 years,\" Hall said.", "During those years, according to Garrido's own writings, he began to feel remorse for things he had done.", "The revelations came in documents obtained by CNN that Garrido delivered to an FBI office in San Francisco, California, just days before he was arrested in the Dugard case.", "The writings were a two-part manifesto in which he discussed the \"Origin of schizophrenia revealed.\"", "In the second part of the documents Garrido detailed his struggle with sexual urges in \"Stepping into the light.\"", "He confessed his past aggressive sexual impulses, but said he is no longer that man.", "Watch interview with Garrido » .", "Garrido also wrote that he could control minds with sound and could help others before they committed violence.", "Dugard apparently led an outwardly unremarkable life.", "Customers of Garrido's printing company, Printing for Less, knew her as \"Allissa.\"", "\"She was always having a very pretty smile on the face,\" said Deepal Karunaratne, who had real estate brochures printed.", "\"She comes and talks to me and was always smiling.", "She was a very pretty girl, a very pretty young lady.\"", "Garrido even used a picture of Dugard to promote his printing company, customer Cheyvonne Molino said.", "\"About 10 years ago, when he started printing our cards, he was looking for business,\" said Molino, who runs an auto wrecking yard with her husband.", "\"He would leave your cards with his cards and her picture -- blonde hair, blue eyes, beautiful young lady.", "She was on everyone's card.\"", "Dugard's two daughters -- 11-year-old \"Angel\" and 15-year-old \"Starlet\" -- attended birthday parties and loved the TV show \"Hannah Montana.\"", "The media \"made it seem like these little girls were living like wolves or jungle kids in the backyard dungeon.", "Perhaps that's it, but they didn't give that visual to me,\" Molino said.", "Two weeks ago, the girls attended a birthday party for Molino's daughter.", "\"They were polite,\" Molino said.", "\"They were well-mannered.\"", "CNN's Ed Lavandera, Patrick Oppman, Paul Vercammen, Dan Simon and Mallory Simon contributed to this report." ]	[ "Police check two other cases for connection to alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido .", "Jaycee Dugard was held captive for 18 years by sex offender, police say .", "Dugard, her daughters reunite with Dugard's mother, stepfather says ." ]	[ 9, 14, 29, 36, 41, 42 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Denzel Washington's new movie, \"The Taking of Pelham 123,\" is not a remake, even though Walter Matthau starred in a film by the same name in 1974, the actor told CNN.", "Denzel Washington plays a transit official, once demoted, in \"The Taking of Pelham 123.\"", "Moreover, Washington's character is not like the hostage negotiator he played three years ago in \"Inside Man,\" although the movie is about his negotiation with a deranged ex-con hostage-holder, played by John Travolta, Washington said.", "And he's right. The updated \"The Taking of Pelham 123\" is a riveting movie about a subway dispatcher confronted by a former Wall Street trader seeking revenge -- not just a ransom, as in the 1974 film -- from the city of New York for sending him to prison.", "The movie opens nationwide Friday.", "It's essentially a two-character play, with much of the dialogue delivered over a two-way radio between Washington, in the train control center, and Travolta, on a hijacked train, director Tony Scott said.", "The drama is paced and punctuated by a dramatic above-ground sequence, including plenty of crashes, as police rush to deliver a $10 million cash ransom before a deadline.", "Travolta's character is \"a contradiction of what you normally expect in a bad guy,\" Scott said.", "\"He's funny, he's smart, and he's got a big heart.\"", "While Travolta, who is mourning the loss of his teenage son earlier this year, did not participate in interviews, he issued a written statement that called his character \"the ultimate evil mastermind.\"", "\"This role as an actor gave me the chance to dispense with all moral and ethical limitations, and explore just how bad this character could really be,\" Travolta said.", "Washington said his character, a transit official demoted to dispatcher because he was suspected of taking a bribe, is a new twist on the familiar hostage negotiator role.", "\"I was concerned a little bit about 'Inside Man' where I was a cop and a hostage negotiator,\" he said.", "\"I just liked the idea when they hand him a gun that he'd never held one before, that he was an ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation and with this cloud over his head.", "He didn't come to work knowing he was going to get an opportunity to redeem himself.\"", "Washington, who looks younger and more fit than his character, said to prepare for the role he \"ate a lot and kept getting smaller and smaller sweaters to wear.\"", "James Gandolfini's role as New York's mayor is a combination of current and former mayors -- Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani.", "While he has Bloomberg's Wall Street savvy, he carries himself like Guiliani on September 11, 2001.", "New York City is also a major character, Scott said.", "Many scenes were shot below ground in subway tunnels and a closed down transit station in lower Manhattan, mostly at night, Scott said.", "It took four weeks of tedious shooting, he said.", "\"It's just a whole other world down there,\" said Washington.", "An old train car was rebuilt to accommodate cameras and placed on a sound stage in Queens for scenes that couldn't be shot underground, Scott said.", "The same person who designed the Metropolitan Transit Authority's (MTA) high-tech control center was hired to build a replica on a sound stage in Queens, he said.", "Brian Helgeland, who wrote the screenplay, revealed the secret about why he would use an older movie title for a film they do not want seen as a remake.", "Since Sony Pictures already owned the rights to \"The Taking of Pelham 123,\" it made it an easier sell to the studio, he said.", "The original film, whose title had the number spelled out -- \"One Two Three\" -- was based on a best-selling 1973 novel by John Godey, and starred Robert Shaw as the villain opposite Matthau.", "\"The start was using that as a title, something the studio would feel comfortable making rather than just a nameless, orphan idea that you might have on your own, to try to put that together and use 'Pelham' as a springboard to make your own crime movie,\" Helgeland said.", "iReport.com: Share your review of \"Pelham\" He tried to stay away from the original \"Pelham\" particulars \"but we had the same situation as the core, which was a hostage situation with one guy in the train with the hostages and another guy outside dealing with him over the radio.\"", "Putting the movie together, he said, was \"a little bit like trying to pull off a heist, putting the pieces together, with a getaway car driver and a safecracker and all that stuff.\"" ]	[ "\"The Taking of Pelham 123\" is re-imagining of 1974 film .", "Denzel Washington stars as N.Y. transit official negotiating with villain John Travolta .", "Washington: I wanted to make the character distinct from negotiator in \"Inside Man\"" ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "New Delhi, India (CNN) -- India accorded a red-carpet welcome Tuesday to the top leader of Myanmar's military junta, who is on a five-day visit aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties between the neighboring countries.", "Gen. Than Shwe received a ceremonial reception in the sandstone presidential palace in New Delhi before he drove down to the shrine to India's independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi, to pay homage.", "Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, members of his cabinet and several top bureaucrats greeted the junta leader as a state guest.", "The military ruler's trip underscored the close relationship between the two nations -- one seen as one of the world's most vibrant democracies, and another despised by the West as a repressive regime.", "In 1951, the two countries signed what they called a \"treaty of friendship,\" and over the past few years, bilateral trade has soared to almost $1 billion, according to Indian officials.", "Several Indian companies have invested in Myanmar's energy sector.", "And India's main space agency has helped set up a data-processing center in Yangon for remote-sensing applications, authorities in New Delhi say.", "Than Shwe's visit began on Sunday with a tour of sacred Buddhist sites in eastern India.", "It came days after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India and other countries in the region to push Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, to comply with U.N. human rights resolutions and nuclear nonproliferation agreements.", "\"It is critical that Burma hear from you, its neighbors,\" she said in a speech at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting.", "Clinton described life in Myanmar as \"dangerous\" for the country's inhabitants and called upon other nations to push for democratic reforms there.", "\"We would encourage India and other countries to send a clear message to Burma that it needs to change its course,\" State Department spokesman P.J.", "Crowley said last week.", "The Myanmar general's itinerary also includes tours of India's information-technology hub in Hyderabad and the industrial center of Jamshedpur.", "His visit is the second by a top junta administrator in a year." ]	[ "India and Myanmar have long had a close relationship .", "The leader of Myanmar's military junta is on a five-day visit .", "The United States wants India and its neighbors to push Myanmar for reforms ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "New Delhi, India (CNN) -- India accorded a red-carpet welcome Tuesday to the top leader of Myanmar's military junta, currently on a five-day visit aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties between the neighboring countries.", "Gen. Than Shwe received a ceremonial reception in the sandstone presidential palace in New Delhi before he drove to the shrine to India's independence leader Mahatma Gandhi to pay homage.", "Indian president Pratibha Devisingh Patil, prime minister Manmohan Singh, members of his cabinet and several top bureaucrats greeted the junta leader as a state guest.", "The military ruler's trip underscored the close relationship between the two nations -- one seen as one of the world's most vibrant democracies and another despised by the West as a repressive regime.", "In 1951, the two countries signed what they called a \"treaty of friendship,\" and over the past few years, bilateral trade has soared to almost $1 billion, according to Indian officials.", "Several Indian companies have invested in Myanmar's energy sector.", "And India's main space agency has helped set up a data-processing center in Yangon for remote-sensing applications, authorities in New Delhi say.", "Than Shwe's visit began on Sunday with a tour of sacred Buddhist sites in eastern India.", "It came days after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India and other countries in the region to push Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, to comply with UN human rights resolutions and nuclear nonproliferation agreements.", "\"It is critical that Burma hear from you, its neighbors,\" she said in a speech at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting.", "Clinton described life in Myanmar as \"dangerous\" for the country's inhabitants and called upon other nations to push for democratic reforms there.", "\"We would encourage India and other countries to send a clear message to Burma that it needs to change its course,\" State Department spokesman P.J.", "Crowley said last week.", "The Myanmar general's itinerary also includes tours of India's information-technology hub in Hyderabad and the industrial center of Jamshedpur.", "His visit is the second by a top junta administrator in a year." ]	[ "Gen. Than Shwe is on a five-day trip to India .", "The countries have strong diplomatic and economic ties .", "Bilateral trade between India and Myanmar has soared to almost $1 billion .", "The junta leader's visit comes after U.S. asks India and other neighbors to push for reform ." ]	[ 0, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As world leaders meet in Toronto for the G-20 summit, disagreements are brewing over how the global economy's fragile recovery should best be steered.", "The United States has been urging other countries not to pull back on stimulus plans too quickly.", "Britain, in contrast, has recently joined other European countries in announcing drastic budget cuts as fears grow about mounting public debt.", "The last G-20 summit was September in Pittsburgh.", "Since then sovereign debt issues have clouded the global economic recovery.", "Dubai's debt worries in November foreshadowed the Greek debt crisis, which spiraled to other southern European nations.", "Public debt woes saw the value of the euro dip from $1.50 in December to below $1.20 earlier this month, sparking fears the 17-nation bloc united under the currency may collapse.", "Armed man arrested near G-20 site .", "U.S. President Barack Obama fears a roll-back too soon from government stimulus packages would send the world back into recession.", "The European Union has sent a letter to all G-20 leaders asking for substantial budget cuts to come no later than 2011.", "\"The Germans are worried about the knock-on effects of southern Europe financing.", "And the Americans, not having experienced that problem, don't recognize it and they don't understand why countries should be cutting back when in fact the recovery is at such a nascent stage,\" said Simon Evenett of the Center for Economic Policy Research.", "Also high on the agenda will be reforms to global banking regulations.", "Although all G-20 nations pledged banking reforms, the reforms being mooted in Europe and North America are diverging.", "Britain, France and Germany are calling on taxes on banks to pay down deficits and cushion future financial shocks.", "The U.S. wants to discourage additional taxes, which officials fear will stunt consumer demand.", "\"Behind the calls for us to pursue a more expansionary fiscal course lie two different approaches to economic policymaking on each side of the Atlantic,\" German Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schäuble wrote in a Wednesday op-ed piece in the Financial Times.", "\"While U.S. policymakers like to focus on short-term corrective measures, we take the longer view and are, therefore, more preoccupied with the implications of excessive deficits and the dangers of high inflation.\"", "UK Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander said: \"We will have to see what comes out of the G-20.", "I'm not going to give any forecast on that.", "I think it is important that we have acted because we recognize the risks the banking system poses to the U.S. economy.", "Certainly, France and Germany recognize those risks, also.\"", "The sessions will offer a first appearance on the world stage for British Prime Minister David Cameron and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan.", "Both leaders arrived in Toronto on Thursday.", "Other leaders are arriving Friday.", "CNN's Jim Boulden contributed to this report ." ]	[ "G-20 summit of world leaders takes place in Toronto .", "A dividing line is forming between austerity and stimulus .", "The U.S. cautions against reducing stimulus packages too soon .", "Europeans say mounting public debt threatens their economies ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- England's Football Association has formally complained to the World Cup organizers after an England fan made it into the team's dressing room, a spokesman said Saturday.", "Club England Managing Director Adrian Bevington confirmed the fan got into the dressing room Friday at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, where England played Algeria to a goalless draw.", "iReporter says he was \"deluded\" about England's chances against Algeria .", "\"There's been no serious harm done,\" he told reporters, without offering further details.", "\"We're formally taking it up with FIFA, it is now a matter for FIFA, and we'll let them deal with it.\"", "FA spokesman Mark Whittle told CNN, \"We can confirm the fan entered the England dressing room last night and we have reported the incident to FIFA.\"", "He said the fan wasn't in the dressing room for long and that no one was harmed.", "Whittle said the breach was \"not acceptable.\"", "British news outlets reported the breach happened moments after Britain's Princes William and Harry had left the dressing room.", "William serves as president of the FA and the brothers both watched the game from the stands.", "A member of FIFA escorted the fan from the premises, according to the South African Police Service, which said it had launched an investigation.", "It said it would examine surveillance camera footage and question all security personnel.", "CNN's Alex Thomas contributed to this report." ]	[ "England's FA complains after fan enters team's dressing room .", "'No serious harm done,' England official says .", "Princes William and Harry had just left the room, reports say .", "South African police are investigating ." ]	[ 0, 3, 8 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A vintage street sign that once stood at the foot of the New York Stock Exchange in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- a period known as Wall Street's Gilded Age -- was auctioned off Monday for a price befitting the neighborhood: $116,500.", "The enamel-engraved, cast iron-bracketed sign was mounted at the corner of Wall and Broad streets in front of the J.P. Morgan and Co. bank building, also known as the \"House of Morgan.\"", "The bank, owned by the influential industrialist J.P. Morgan, was the site of the notorious Wall Street Bombing of 1920, in which a horse-drawn wagon packed with 100 pounds of dynamite detonated in the crowded financial district.", "Shrapnel scars from the blast are still visible on the sign.", "The attack, which occurred shortly after noon on September 16, 1920, left 38 people dead and hundreds wounded.", "At the time, it had been the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil to date.", "The perpetrators were never caught, but historians suspect radical anarchists were to blame.", "The bombing helped ignite the Red Scare that came to define the following decades.", "The intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street was again the scene of chaos in the wake of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, when crowds assembled outside the New York Stock Exchange in shock.", "Sung-Hee Park, a spokeswoman for Chrisite's Auction House, said the sale surpassed pre-auction expectations of $60,000 to $80,000.", "She said the buyer was a collector in Asia, and the bid was placed by telephone." ]	[ "Sign marked intersection of Wall and Broad streets more than a century ago .", "Buyer was Asian collector, bid by phone .", "Winning bid of $116,500 far surpassed pre-auction expectations ." ]	[ 1, 9, 10 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Some chose coffee, others started the day with a Irish stout, but all were in full cheer Wednesday morning as fans watched the United States team score a last-minutes goal to defeat Algeria 1-0 in World Cup competition.", "\"They had so many chances.", "I'm just glad they finally pulled it out,\" one relieved fan said when the game ended.", "\"I was so hyperventilating,\" a woman who identified herself only as Sheryl said, wearing a U.S.A. outfit.", "Her husband, John, had given up.", "\"I thought it was going to wind up a tie.", "And from the 90th minute on I was, like, it's gonna be over, it's gonna be over.", "And somebody scored, I almost died.", "Unbelievable. The place went nuts,\" John said.", "Tension grew as the game went into stoppage time 0-0.", "Fans watched the overhead screens nervously, fearing that once again the U.S. would disappoint in the World Cup.", "But in the 91st minute, Landon Donovan knocked in a deflected ball.", "In open-early-morning bars, cheering evolved into pandemonium, and chants of \"Landon Donovan\" filled the room.", "Earlier near-misses were immediately forgotten.", "As patrons filed out of one bar, the crowd took a more musical tone as they broke into a rendition of \"America the Beautiful.\"", "One enterprising man sold USA jerseys out of a suitcase in front of that bar.", "As soon as as Donovan scored, he hiked his prices from $5 to $15.", "\"Bring on the Germans,\" one fan said.", "\"If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.", "Germany: we want you!\"", "But with the United States topping its group, it will face Ghana next.", "The game will be on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET." ]	[ "Fans tense as game goes into 90th minute 0-0 .", "A minute later, Team USA scores; pandemonium ensues .", "USA jersey price went up $10 when US scored .", "US team faces Ghana on Saturday ." ]	[ 5, 7, 9, 21 ]
[ "KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Nepal's first-ever President Ram Baran Yadav took the oath of office Wednesday, two days after his election.", "Yadav, a physician in his 60s, was elected president on Monday by Nepal's constituent assembly, almost two months after the country was declared a republic, putting an end to the 239-year-old monarchy.", "People lined the streets, which were emptied of vehicles, as the presidential motorcade drove about five miles (8 km) from Yadav's home to the presidential offices.", "He was driven in the bulletproof vehicle previously used by Nepal's kings.", "Yadav was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri.", "\"I represent all Nepali people in this august office and in all my efforts and endeavors I will be committed to the benefit of the Nepali people,\" Yadav said after the swearing-in.", "Yadav then administered the oath of office to the newly elected vice president Parmananda Jha.", "The post of the president is largely ceremonial.", "He will swear in the country's new prime minister, who has the executive powers.", "The president can also deploy the armed forces, but only at the recommendation of the prime minister.", "Nepal's Maoists, which won the largest number of seats but fell short of a majority in April's general elections, said Tuesday they may not form a government after their candidate for president was defeated.", "\"The defeat of our candidate has put us in the opposition from the moral viewpoint,\" said Maoist leader Prachanda, also known as Pushpa Kamal Dahal.", "However, he did not rule out the possibility of leading the government if a new coalition were formed.", "On Monday, lawmakers picked Yadav over the Maoists' choice for president -- Ram Raja Prasad Singh -- by 308 votes to 282.", "The Maoists are the largest party in the constituent assembly, but Yadav was able to win with backing from a coalition of the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Madhesi Janadhikar (People's Rights) Forum.", "Prachanda -- who is the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) -- called the alliance between the three parties \"unnatural\" and \"apolitical.\"", "The Maoists have 229 seats in the 601-member constituent assembly.", "April's elections, the declaration of a republic and the drafting of a new constitution -- the main task of the constituent assembly -- are parts of a peace process following 10 years of fighting between the Maoists and the state.", "The violence claimed 13,000 lives.", "A peace accord in November 2006 ended the fighting .", "The country's monarch, King Gyanendra, gave up most powers earlier that year after an uprising against his direct rule." ]	[ "The oath was administered by chief justice Kedar Giri .", "Yadav first president to take office in Nepal since monarchy was abolished .", "The post of president is largely ceremonial.", "PM has executive powers .", "Yadav was the general secretary of the Nepali Congress party ." ]	[ 4, 7, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in game seven of the NBA finals in L.A. on Thursday night, to claim back-to-back championships and the team's 16th title in the world's most prestigious basketball competition.", "The win also marked a fifth individual NBA title for L.A playmaker Kobe Bryant, equaling a record set by retired Lakers player Magic Johnson who ran on to the court to congratulate the guard at the end of the game .", "\"This was the hardest one by far.\"", "Bryant, who finished with 23 points but only 6 out of 24 on shooting, told the official Lakers website.", "\"I wanted it so bad and sometimes when you want it so bad, it slips away from you.", "My guys picked me up.\"", "The Lakers had to come behind from to take game seven, after the Celtics built up an early 13 point lead.", "However, the West Coast side edged ahead in the final quarter, thanks to two free throws from Sasha Vujacic which were enough to seal a win and for the side to take the series 4-3.", "But it was veteran player Ron Artest who added 20 points to the Lakers overall score and Spanish forward Pau Gasol, with 19 points and 17 rebounds, who were the key to the Californian victory.", "\"I can't say enough about 'Spain'.", "That guy's unbelievable, a hell of a player - we wouldn't have won it without him,\" Bryant said.", "And Lakers coach Phil Jackson who now has 11 titles to his name, was full of praise for 30-year-old Artest.", "\"He was the most valuable player tonight.", "He brought life to our team, he brought life to the crowd,\" Jackson told his team's official website.", "The last time the two rival sides met in the finals was in 2008, when the Celtics beat the Lakers 4-2.", "But Boston could not repeat their performance that saw them win a record-breaking 17th championship crown two years ago, despite high scoring from Paul Pierce on 18 and Kevin Garnett on 17.", "The team were undoubtedly let down by a poor shooting night from star player Rajon Rondo who finished with just 14, and the absence of Kendrick Perkins, who was injured in game 6.", "\"Well there's a lot of crying in our locker room, a lot of people who care.", "I don't think there was a dry eye.", "A lot of hugs, a lot of people feeling awful,\" Celtics coach Doc Rives, whose team had two chances to win the series after leading going into game 6, told the official NBA website.", "\"It was the craziest, most emotional group I've ever coached in my life.", "They made me reach to places that I never thought I needed to go so that's what makes this loss tough.\"", "The teams had met in 11 previous finals, but it is only the third time that the Lakers have beat the Celtics to take the NBA title." ]	[ "Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in game seven of the NBA finals .", "L.A won back-to-back championships and their 16th ever title .", "Kobe Bryant secured his fifth NBA title .", "Boston could not repear the performance that saw them win 17th title in 2008 ." ]	[ 0, 15 ]
[ "Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- An England fan who allegedly appeared in the English team's changing room following a Friday night World Cup match was arrested by South African police and faces a charge of trespassing, authorities said.", "The man, 32, was arrested Sunday morning at a Cape Town hotel following an investigation, police said in a statement.", "He was not identified. The man allegedly appeared in the dressing room following the World Cup match between England and Algeria, authorities said.", "The two played to a goalless draw at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town.", "\"The South African Police Service initiated an investigation into the incident immediately after it was reported to us at a debriefing after the match,\" according to the statement.", "Surveillance camera footage was analyzed, allowing authorities to identify the man and trace him to the hotel.", "\"The National Prosecuting Authority of the Department of Justice has cooperated fully with the South African Police Service on this investigation and has assured us that the individual will appear in court to face the charge of trespassing some time today,\" police said Sunday.", "England's Football Association formally complained to World Cup organizers following the incident.", "No one was harmed and the fan wasn't in the dressing room for long, but FA spokesman Mark Whittle told CNN Saturday the security breach was \"not acceptable.\"", "Security personnel including police will be placed within the inner perimeter of stadiums in World Cup host cities to prevent similar incidents from taking place, authorities said.", "British news outlets reported the breach happened moments after Britain's Princes William and Harry had left the dressing room.", "William serves as president of the FA and the brothers both watched the game from the stands.", "A member of FIFA escorted the fan from the premises, according to police.", "CNN's Alex Thomas contributed to this report." ]	[ "Man arrested in World Cup security breach .", "Police identify, track suspect through camera footage .", "Man appeared in English team's changing room following Friday match .", "Authorities say he faces a charge of trespassing ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Ariel Sigler is the latest of 21 Cuban political prisoners to fly into exile after being freed from jail in Cuba.", "Gaunt, and confined to a wheelchair, the former boxer received a hero's welcome in Miami.", "Later at a hospital, he talked about his release.", "\"The first dish that I was able to taste with great delight was the dish of freedom, the dish of democracy, the dish of my second country that has received me as if I was another one of its children,\" Sigler said.", "Cuba has agreed to release a total of 52 political prisoners by-mid November as part of a deal with the Catholic Church and Spain.", "International pressure to free them grew when one prisoner died earlier this year after an 84-day hunger strike.", "But the Cuban government has also ratcheted up its own campaign.", "It is denouncing the imprisonment of five Cuban agents held in the United States since 1998.", "They're convicted of spying in the United States.", "In Cuba, they're considered heroes, fighting to protect the homeland from extremists in Miami.", "Over the weekend, Cuba's National Assembly accused the U.S. of putting one of the agents, Gerardo Hernandez, in what assembly members called an \"isolation hole\" even though he was ill.", "The National Assembly signed a petition calling the conditions of Hernandez's current confinement \"so harsh that his health and physical integrity are being seriously affected.\"", "U.S. officials could not be reached immediately for comment.", "Hernandez's wife recalled Cuban President Raul Castro's offer of a gesture for a gesture.", "\"Our president was very clear,\" she said.", "\"We were waiting for the U.S. to free the five and we would hand over the prisoners we have in Cuba, even with their relatives.", "Cuba has complied with its gesture.\"", "However, there are no indications that any talks about a tradeoff are underway between Havana and Washington.", "But some Cuban officials have pointed to the recent swap of Russian and American spies as evidence that there may be a possibility." ]	[ "Cuba has freed 21 of 52 political prisoners from jail .", "Cuban officials are pressuring the United States to free five Cuban agents .", "The five agents have been held in the United States since 1998 .", "There are no indications that a swap will take place ." ]	[ 0, 7, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The oil spill on the Gulf Coast has states and visitors bureaus working hard to keep the public updated and reassure beach-bound travelers.", "Here are some of the latest updates from destinations affected by the oil disaster: .", "Northwest Florida .", "Oil has affected sections of Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key beaches, according to the Pensacola Bay Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.", "Photos from the area showed patches of dark, syruplike oil on the white sand, but local officials said the situation is getting better.", "\"Our beaches continue to improve hourly as the crews clean up,\" said Ed Schroeder, director of Visit Pensacola, in a statement on the bureau's website.", "On Thursday, yellow tape blocked about a quarter mile of the beach to public access, CNN affiliate WPMI-TV reported.", "Local officials said the temporary closure was put in place to speed up the cleanup process.", "Pensacola Beach is open, but the waters from the Park West recreation area to the area just west of Portofino are closed to all swimming and wading until further notice because of large quantities of emulsified oil in shore waters and along the shoreline, the visitors bureau said.", "\"The shoreline and water along Santa Rosa Sound on the north side of the island is still clean, clear and open for swimming,\" according to the bureau's website.", "iReport: Share your photos of affected beaches .", "A no-swimming notice has been issued for Destin Beach because of the presence of \"tar chips,\" according to the website of the Emerald Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, which represents the destination.", "There were no reported oil impacts along beaches of south Walton County on Friday morning, the area's Tourist Development Council said on its website.", "The health advisory issued this week for a stretch of beach in the western end of the county has been lifted after two consecutive, clean high-tide cycles, the council said.", "Meanwhile, small scattered tar balls and oil patches have affected Panama City Beach, but the beaches are open and the swimming is still safe, the area's visitors bureau website said.", "\"Our sugary white sand beaches are open for the enjoyment of our guests and, as of now, we are seeing only intermittent impact,\" according to the bureau.", "iReport: A slick trip to Perdido Key .", "Tar balls, tar patties and tar mousse -- a puddinglike oil-water mixture -- continue to be found in northwest Florida, with the heaviest impacts reported between Escambia and Walton counties, according to Visit Florida, the state's tourism corporation.", "All of the state's beaches remain open.", "Gulf Islands National Seashore .", "All of the Gulf Islands National Seashore sites, which are in Florida and Mississippi, are open, the National Park Service's website said.", "But several spots have been affected by the oil spill.", "A health advisory is in effect from Walkover 23 on Pensacola Beach, Florida, to the west tip of Santa Rosa Island including Fort Pickens.", "This advisory extends to the Perdido Key area, including Johnson Beach.", "\"Because of significant quantities of oil in the water and coming ashore signage and flags advise visitors to not wade or swim in the water,\" according to the park.", "Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama .", "Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have experienced significant oiling, according to the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.", "\"The beaches are open and visitors are still welcome to sunbathe and walk the beach, but we strongly suggest they swim in a pool or enjoy our many off-beach activities,\" the site said.", "The Alabama Department of Public Health has issued an advisory against swimming in waters off Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan, and in bay waters close to Fort Morgan, Bayou St. John, Terry Cove, Cotton Bayou and Old River.", "Grand Isle, Louisiana .", "The oil's biggest impact in Louisiana is on the portion of the coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River extending east, according to a state emergency website.", "\"Most of the Louisiana Gulf Coast, 70 percent, is unaffected by the oil spill and remains open for commercial and recreational fishing,\" according to the Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau website.", "Grand Isle has closed its public beach, the site said." ]	[ "NEW: A no-swimming notice has been issued for Destin Beach, Florida .", "Oil affects sections of Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key beaches in Florida .", "Some waters closed to swimming because of emulsified oil along the shoreline .", "Health officials have issued advisory against swimming in Alabama Gulf waters ." ]	[ 2, 3, 11, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has coastal states and visitors bureaus working hard to keep the public updated and reassure beach-bound travelers.", "Here are some of the latest updates from destinations affected by the oil disaster: .", "Northwest Florida .", "Oil has affected sections of Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key beaches, according to the Pensacola Bay Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.", "Photos from the area showed patches of dark, syruplike oil on the white sand, but local officials said cleanup crews are ready to respond to the oil.", "Beaches on Perdido Key and Santa Rosa Island are open for swimming, according to the bureau's website.", "\"We are all heartbroken and concerned about recent impacts from the Deepwater Horizon incident but rest assured the situation on our beaches remains dynamic,\" said Ed Schroeder, director of Visit Pensacola, in a statement on the bureau's website.", "A health advisory for parts of Pensacola Beach has been withdrawn, according to the Escambia County Health Department.", "iReport: Share your photos of affected beaches .", "The Okaloosa County Health Department has withdrawn a health advisory issued last week for Destin beaches.", "\"The oil impacts on our beaches are intermittent and can change within hours or within a day due to the dynamic nature of the currents and changing wind directions,\" the department's website said.", "The department does urge visitors to avoid entering the water when oil is present.", "The beaches of south Walton County are open, according to a weekend update on the website for the area's Tourist Development Council .", "Small tar balls have been reported on several area beaches, the site said.", "Meanwhile, small scattered tar balls and oil patches have affected Panama City Beach, but the beaches and water are open, the area's visitors bureau website said.", "iReport: A slick trip to Perdido Key .", "Tar balls, tar patties and tar mousse -- a puddinglike oil-water mixture -- continue to be found in northwest Florida between Escambia and Walton counties, with the heaviest effects reported in Escambia County, according to Visit Florida, the state's tourism corporation.", "Gulf Islands National Seashore .", "All of the Gulf Islands National Seashore sites, which are in Florida and Mississippi, are open, the National Park Service's website said.", "But several spots have been affected by the oil spill, and a public health advisory is in effect parkwide.", "\"If you see or smell oil in the water or on the beach, avoid contact with water and report it to the nearest lifeguard or park ranger,\" the park service's website said.", "Coastal Alabama .", "Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have experienced significant oiling, according to the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.", "\"The beaches are open and visitors are still welcome to sunbathe and walk the beach, but we strongly suggest they swim in a pool or enjoy our many off-beach activities,\" the site said.", "The Alabama Department of Public Health has issued an advisory against swimming in waters off Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan, and in bay waters close to Fort Morgan, Bayou St. John, Terry Cove, Cotton Bayou and Old River.", "Last week, the department also issued a no-swimming advisory for Dauphin Island and the Mississippi Sound.", "Grand Isle, Louisiana .", "The oil's biggest impact in Louisiana is on the portion of the coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River extending east, according to a state emergency website.", "\"Most of the Louisiana Gulf Coast, 70 percent, is unaffected by the oil spill and remains open for commercial and recreational fishing,\" according to the Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau website.", "Grand Isle has closed its public beach, the site said." ]	[ "No-swimming notice withdrawn for Destin, Florida, beaches .", "Oil affects sections of Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key beaches in Florida .", "Some waters closed to swimming because of emulsified oil along the shoreline .", "Health officials have issued advisory against swimming in Alabama Gulf waters ." ]	[ 2, 3, 9, 24 ]
[ "(Parenting.com) -- Like many toddlers, little Kate Davis attends a mommy-and-me story time and playgroup in her hometown of Elgin, Illinois.", "Although it sounds lovely, it's a source of anguish (some call it working-mommy guilt) for her mother, because Kate attends with her nanny, Sarah, and not with her mother.", "\"I'm happy Kate gets to go, but I feel guilty that I'm not the one taking her,\" says Jenny Davis, who hired Sarah a year ago to take care of Kate while both she and her husband work.", "Parenting.com: Moms' dirty little secrets .", "\"I feel jealous that they do fun things together while I'm the one who forces Kate to eat the vegetables she hates.", "I make dinner, give her a bath, brush her teeth, and then she's off to bed.", "There's no time to goof off.\" While this isn't uncommon, there are easy solutions, says parenting expert Michelle LaRowe, author of \"Nanny to The Rescue!\"", "and \"A Mom's Ultimate Book of Lists.\"", "For example, there's no reason why mom shouldn't get in on the fun.", "\"When parents come home, I recommend they change into play clothes, put down their phones and transition into family time.", "As soon as they walk in the door, they should get down on child's level to help her warm up to you,\" says LaRowe.", "Parenting.com: How to handle annoying advice .", "What happens if you feel like the nanny may even be a better mom than you are?", "\"Kate has tantrums if you give her water instead of orange juice,\" Davis says.", "\"But Sarah will just ask her to get her cup and drink the water, and she'll accept it.\"", "The nanny also seems better able to control stressful situations, like when Kate throws food from her high chair to alert everyone she's done.", "\"Maybe it's because Sarah is right on top of her, and I'm trying to load the dishwasher and get household chores done at the same time,\" Davis says.", "Parenting.com: 20 of the greatest mom tips, ever .", "LaRowe says nannies may actually have an easier time disciplining because they're not the mom.", "\"While nannies genuinely love the children in their care, they aren't ruled by emotions when setting boundaries.", "It may be more convenient to give in, but due to experience, they're aware of the consequences,\" says LaRowe, adding that busy moms might try to reduce multitasking.", "\"The simplest of child-care tasks, like bathing, diaper changing or feeding, can provide wonderful bonding opportunities.\"", "Sarah is, of course, also a pro.", "\"The reality is that many nannies do have more parenting skills than parents,\" says LaRowe.", "\"For a mom to realize that someone else can meet her child's needs faster is hard.", "Parenting.com: How becoming a mom changes you .", "And what if your kid just seems to love the nanny more than she loves you?", "Unlikely, says LaRowe.", "Kids may cry when the nanny leaves or even call her mama, but mothers shouldn't see this behavior as a potential \"The Hand That Rocks The Cradle\" moment where a sitter is trying to steal your family.", "\"Developmentally, once a baby says dada and mama, they say it about everything and everyone.", "They're just babbling,\" explains LaRowe.", "Think of it this way: For many multitasking modern moms like Davis, a nanny can be a life raft.", "After all, the hit show about child-care providers is called \"Nanny 911\", not It's Nice To Have A Nanny.", "The key is to trust your caregiver -- and give yourself a break.", "In many ways, you're bettering the life of your child by giving her a greater circle of loving caregivers.", "Says LaRowe, \"Early interactions with a loving, nurturing and consistent caregiver can teach a child about forming non-familial relationships that foster healthy self-esteem.", "A baby can never receive too much love.", "And since many nannies take on other household tasks, you may be able to check the children's laundry, meal preparation and grocery shopping off your list.\"", "That might give you more time to make up for any daytime cuddles you're missing.", "Says LaRowe, \"Don't worry, a child always knows who her mom is.\"", "Parenting.com: 6 new-mom confidence boosters .", "Try a FREE TRIAL issue of Parenting Magazine - CLICK HERE!", "Copyright 2010 The Parenting Group.", "All rights reserved.", "Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited." ]	[ "Woman is jealous because nanny spends more time with daughter .", "Mom forces daughter to eat vegetables and get ready for bed .", "Expert advises parents to play with kids after arriving home .", "Also it's easier for nannies to discipline kids because they're not the moms ." ]	[ 4, 9, 18, 20, 32 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The use of powerful drugs to treat complaints of chronic pain, and the faking of names on prescriptions for celebrities are central issues in the trial of Anna Nicole Smith's last two doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend.", "A Los Angeles County jury heard opening statements Wednesday in the trial of Howard K. Stern and Drs.", "Khristine Eroshevich and Sandeep Kapoor, charged in a conspiracy to provide drugs to an addict.", "A defense lawyer said Smith was not a drug addict, but was a victim of chronic pain who was seeking relief.", "The doctors, who never found the cause of her pain, were doing their best to relieve it with drugs, while her boyfriend, Stern, was going along with their treatment plan.", "The use of fakes names was a routine way to hide Smith's medical information from prying tabloid journalists who would pay medical workers to leak it, Steve Sadow, Stern's defense lawyer, told jurors.", "\"It's not a murder case,\" Sadow said.", "\"It's a prescribing medications case.\"", "The prosecutor outlined the last three years of Smith's life, which ended in a Florida hotel room because of \"acute combined drug intoxication\" on February 8, 2007.", "The three defendants illegally conspired to fuel the actress-model's drug addiction with excessive amounts of powerful medications, Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose said.", "The doctors crossed legal and professional boundaries because they were captivated by Smith's fame, Rose said.", "\"We trust doctors to act responsibly... even in spite of ourselves,\" Rose said.", "Kapoor began prescribing painkilling opiates and anti-anxiety benzodiazepines to Smith in 2004, Rose said.", "He used the alias \"Michelle Smith\" on the opiate prescriptions, she said.", "Eroshevich, a psychiatrist, also was prescribing powerful drugs to Smith using fake names, Rose said.", "Stern \"facilitated\" the prescriptions, sometimes calling the doctors and picking them up from the pharmacy, Rose said.", "He was motivated by the millions he would gain if she won a court battle against her deceased husband's heirs, Rose said.", "Anna Nicole Smith's appearance on the 2004 American Music Awards telecast showed how she was affected by the drugs, she said.", "Jurors watched a video clip which opened with Smith asking, \"Like my body?\"", "Smith was not a drug addict, Sadow said.", "She sought the medications for \"real pain, constant pain, chronic pain.\"", "\"She took the prescription medicines for her pain, primarily due to the inadequate control of pain,\" Sadow said.", "\"No physician was ever able to determine why she had pain.\"", "Stern, who is a lawyer but not a doctor, \"relied on the good faith of the medical judgment of the doctors,\" Sadow said.", "\"He relied on their judgment of what was medically necessary for Anna.\"", "It could not be a conspiracy because Stern did not know it was wrong or that using false names on prescriptions was illegal, Sadow said.", "\"Celebrities in Hollywood use aliases all the time,\" he said.", "Sadow said Kapoor was giving the same drugs and used the same alias as her previous doctor, whose practice he bought.", "That doctor has not been charged.", "Other doctors also used false names for Smith, including at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center when Smith was treated in 2006, he said.", "\"Every time she would have interaction with the medical community, it was under a different name,\" he said.", "Her identity was not secret to the pharmacist who regularly filled her prescriptions, he said, but Smith feared medical workers would sell her information.", "\"She was fodder for the paparazzi and that's where 'Michelle Chase' came in,\" Sadow said.", "The trial is expected to last up to three months." ]	[ "Smith's doctors are charged with using fake names on drug prescriptions .", "Her boyfriend also is charged in a conspiracy to provide drugs to an addict .", "A defense lawyer says Smith was not an addict, but she was seeking pain relief .", "The reality TV star died of \"drug intoxication\" in 2007 ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A nationwide search continued Monday for two of three inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison Friday -- after a third was apprehended 670 miles away following a shootout in Colorado.", "An all-points-bulletin has been issued to authorities around the country for the escapees identified as Tracy Province and John McCluskey.", "The third inmate was captured Sunday in Rifle, Colorado.", "Daniel Renwick, 36, was spotted driving a brown Chevy Blazer by a Rifle police officer who gave chase, according to Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan.", "Gunshots were exchanged, and Renwick was ultimately taken into custody.", "Renwick was serving 22 years for second-degree murder.", "He is being held in Colorado, awaiting questioning by the U.S.", "Marshals Service.", "Province and McCluskey are believed to be with a female accomplice who was on the visitation list for one of the inmates.", "Charles Ryan, director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, told HLN that it's believed she has a relationship with McClusky and may have aided the escape by throwing cutting tools over a fence .", "The suspected accomplice was identified as 43-year-old Casslyn Mae Welch, who is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes.", "After their escape, the inmates and the accomplice abducted two truck drivers at gunpoint on Interstate 40 outside of Kingman, Arizona, and hijacked their 18-wheeler, according to the Mohave County sheriff's department in Kingman.", "The truck drivers and the rig were released five hours later in Flagstaff, about 135 miles to the east.", "One of the truck drivers spoke about it later.", "\"They said, 'If you guys are nice to us, we will be nice to you.", "If you do anything, we will shoot you,' \" said Prabhjeet Bains.", "\"Every time he looked at me, I thought he was going to shoot me, so I'm glad we are still alive.\"", "The fugitives were later believed to be driving a 2002 silver Volkswagon Jetta, purchased Saturday in west Phoenix.", "They were later spotted on a security camera in a bank inside a grocery store in Goodyear, Arizona, according to Barrett Marson, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Corrections.", "Province, 42, was serving a life sentence for murder and armed robbery.", "McCluskey, 45, was serving 15 years for attempted second-degree murder and other charges.", "The men were discovered missing after the 9:45 p.m. count Friday at the privately-operated Kingman facility.", "The escapees cut a hole in the fence.", "A helicopter and dogs began a search.", "\"Precisely how they escaped is under investigation,\" Ryan said, noting some \"operational security problems\" at the prison.", "\"Those are being evaluated and investigated as we speak,\" he added.", "Specifically, Ryan told HLN that authorities are looking at two possible failures in security.", "First, an alarm didn't go off when a door was opened inside the prison.", "Ryan said he's not sure why it didn't activate.", "And second, a radio alarm indicating that the fence had been cut \"wasn't detected for some time,\" he said.", "\"Staff did not respond sufficiently to alarms on the perimeter system,and we believe that afforded (the escapees) an opportunity to go through the fence and escape,\" he said.", "The escaped prisoners are described as armed and dangerous.", "CNN Radio's Barbara Hall contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Nationwide search under way for two inmates who remain at large .", "NEW: Authorities say female accomplice may have thrown cutting tools over fence .", "NEW: Authorities investigate possible security breaches at prison .", "Daniel Renwick, serving 22 years for murder, was captured after shootout Sunday ." ]	[ 0, 2, 5, 26 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Brazilian goalie, his lover and his wife were among nine people charged with the murder of his former girlfriend who had been trying to prove he had fathered her son.", "The prosecutor filed the charges against Bruno Fernandes Das Dores de Souza and eight others in Contagem, Minas Gerais on Wednesday.", "Charges include murder with special circumstances, kidnapping, imprisonment, concealment of a corpse, conspiracy and corruption of a minor.", "Eliza Samudio, 25, remains missing two months after she was last reported seen.", "A former policeman, Marcos Aparecido dos Santos, was also charged with murder, conspiracy and concealment of corpse.", "All suspects are in jail except for one who is being sought.", "Souza's 17-year-old cousin told police the woman was killed.", "The teen said Souza watched as the missing woman was asphyxiated, mutilated and fed to dogs, local police investigator Wagner Pinto told reporters last month.", "Souza's new lawyer has said his client denies all the accusations.", "Attorney Ercio Quaresma said it's \"irresponsible\" to charge the nine suspects with corpse concealment since no body has been found.", "\"It's an inconsequence to sign something like that not having concrete proof,\" Quaresma said.", "Quaresma said the goalie will not answer any questions for now.", "\"He has not spoken and he won't speak until the defense decides he needs to speak,\" the lawyer said.", "\"And that might not happen\".", "Samudio was trying to prove that the goalie fathered her infant son, who is currently being cared for by her mother, police said.", "The police investigator described her death to reporters last month.", "\"They tied her hands, and this other individual strangled her,\" Pinto said, referring to Santos.", "\"Later, they deboned and disemboweled her.\"", "The woman's body was taken to an undisclosed location where her remains were fed to several Rottweilers, police said.", "The cousin told investigators that Souza watched the entire incident, according to Pinto.", "Souza's lawyer decried the accusations.", "\"Are the Rottweilers being charged too?\"", "he asked reporters.", "Souza's former attorney, Michel Assef Filho, said last month that the goalie has \"no knowledge of the facts, he is astonished and scared by his cousin's testimony and that's it.\"", "Filho stopped representing Souza when the Flamengo Club suspended Souza's contract.", "The attorney works on behalf of the soccer club.", "The football star was last seen with Samudio in June as they headed for his country home in the state of Minas Gerais.", "A search for Samudio's body is under way.", "The Flamengo Club said it is suspending the goalie's contract until all facts are known.", "Journalist Luciani Gomes contributed to this report." ]	[ "Brazilian goalie among nine people charged .", "Police: Eliza Samudio, 25, was last seen in June .", "Lawyer says the goalie will not answer questions about his alleged involvement .", "His cousin detailed her murder, authorities say ." ]	[ 0, 11, 26 ]
[ "Bristow, Virginia (CNN) -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has ordered an investigation after a man who was in the United States illegally killed a nun in a car crash, authorities said.", "Napolitano is trying determine why the man was still in the country because he had been arrested two previous times for drunken driving offenses.", "The suspect, Carlos Montano, driving Sunday morning under the influence of alcohol, slammed head-on into three nuns in a Toyota sedan, police said.", "The three were just a few miles from a monastery in Bristow, Virginia, heading for their annual retreat.", "Sister Denise Mosier was killed instantly, and the other two remained hospitalized Tuesday.", "The suspect has twice been in custody -- the first time, almost two years ago in October 2008 -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said.", "But both times, Montano was released on his own recognizance pending deportation proceedings, because he was not convicted of a violent felony such as murder, rape, or robbery.", "\"He was in removal proceedings,\" Napolitano told CNN on Tuesday.", "\"Why were the removal proceedings taking so long?", "I do not obviously as of today have the results of that, but I will get them.\"", "Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, said he was furious with how immigration officials have handled the case.", "\"We identified him as an illegal alien, we told ICE that he had twice been convicted now of DUI's, that he posed a threat to the community,\" said Stewart.", "\"And they turned around and they released him right back into the neighborhood.\"", "County prosecutor Paul Ebert said Montano has previously been convicted twice for drunken driving, as well as reckless driving, speeding, and public drunkenness.", "He spent 20 days in jail in 2009.", "The suspect, 23, has now been charged with involuntary manslaughter.", "It was unclear if he has retained a defense lawyer.", "The incident comes amid a contentious national debate about illegal immigration, just days after a strict new immigration law was scheduled to go into effect in Arizona.", "The most controversial provisions of the law have been stayed by a judge, but supporters of the law said a failure by Washington to crack down on illegal immigration forced Arizona to act.", "The Department of Homeland Security says record numbers of immigrants who have committed crimes have been removed in the last 18 months.", "\"This administration has fundamentally reformed immigration enforcement,\" said spokesman Matt Chandler, \"identifying and removing criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety.\"", "But Stewart said more needs to be done.", "\"Congress has deliberately understaffed and underfunded immigration enforcement for years,\" Stewart said.", "On Tuesday, the Virginia monastery's chapel was adorned with flowers, and a vigil and funeral are scheduled for later this week.", "Mosier, the victim in the car accident, had served as a missionary in South Africa, and regularly acted as a spiritual mentor to the 30 other nuns at the convent.", "\"It's a great loss, because they depended on her,\" said Sister Andrea Verchuck.", "But the convent said in a statement, \"The Benedictine Sisters are dismayed and saddened that this tragedy has been politicized, and become an apparent forum for the illegal immigration agenda.\"", "Verchuck said she would rather focus on the needless tragedies caused by drinking and driving, and on forgiveness, in memory of Mosier.", "\"If she had been conscious at the time that she was taken from the wreck,\" she said, \"If Carlos had been there, she would have said, 'Carlos, I forgive you.'", "\" CNN's Rachel Streitfeld contributed to this report." ]	[ "Death of nun has angered local authorities .", "Napolitano has called for an investigation .", "Suspect was in the country illegally when he crashed into nun, police said ." ]	[ 0, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Marathon man John Isner gained revenge at the hands of his Wimbledon conqueror Thiemo De Bakker after knocking the Dutchman out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.", "Isner lost in straight sets to De Bakker in the second round in London after his record-breaking win over Nicolas Mahout, from France.", "The American's 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 win over Mahout at Wimbledon became the longest match in tennis history, stretching over three days and lasting 11 hours.", "It was no surprise when an exhausted Isner was dumped out by De Bakker in round two but Isner got one over on his rival with a narrow win in the U.S. capital.", "The match yielded only one break point but Isner couldn't take it.", "Instead he had to rely on two tie-break wins to triumph 7-6 7-6 and continue his decent run of form -- Isner was beaten by Mardy Fish in the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships last month.", "His record in tie-breaks this season is now 25-14 and his win set up a third round match with Belgian Xavier Malisse.", "After the match he claimed he hadn't been seeking to avenge his Wimbledon defeat.", "\"It wasn't like a revenge factor at all,\" he told the official ATP Tour website.", "\"I treated it like any other match.", "\"It wasn't pretty out there. The only thing that kept me in the match was the way I competed.", "Not much was working right.", "Probably just the way I compete [got me through].", "More times than not you're not going to play your best out there.\"", "Isner was pipped in the 2007 final by fellow American Andy Roddick and the number two seed got his quest for a fourth Legg Mason title off to a winning start by beating Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja.", "Roddick conceded just nine points on his serve in the entire match and made the most of his two break point chances to earn a straight sets victory.", "\"I accomplished what I wanted to,\" he told the official ATP Tour website.", "\"I got into some rallies early and moved the ball around the court and mixed up paces and different heights.", "\"I put a high percentage of returns in the court and got back to playing clean tennis.", "Doing things that don't always show up on the stats sheet but they win you tennis matches.\"", "Roddick was beaten in last year's final by Juan Martin del Potro in a third set tie-break and will now face world No.", "6 Gilles Simon, who beat Russian Igor Kunitsyn 6-1 6-2 in just under an hour.", "Elsewhere, number three seed Fernando Verdasco had a scare against German Michael Berrer before eventually battling through to win 4-6 7-5 7-6 and set up a tie with American qualifier Ryan Sweeting.", "The number four seed Marin Cilic survived a clutch of break points to beat Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-4 6-2 and book a date with American Mardy Fish." ]	[ "Marathon man John Isner beats Thiemo De Bakker 7-6 7-6 in Washington .", "Dutchman De Bakker knocked Isner out of Wimbledon back in June .", "Andy Roddick into third round after beating Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja .", "Fernando Verdasco survives a scare to beat German Michael Berrer in three sets ." ]	[ 0, 1, 22 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- James Clapper was confirmed unanimously by the Senate Thursday night to be the nation's next intelligence chief.", "Clapper, tapped by President Obama for the Director of National Intelligence job, will oversee the nation's 16 spy agencies.", "He will be the fourth person in the position since it was created five years ago.", "He succeeds Dennis Blair, who was pressured to resign because of differences with the White House over the scope of his role and turf battles with the CIA director.", "The Senate vote came before the Senate's August recess and several days after Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said he would hold up the confirmation process until he received a report he had requested.", "\"This is good news because to have left this key position vacant could well have damaged our national security,\" said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.", "Clapper is a retired Air Force lieutenant general who has spent most of his career in the intelligence community.", "He served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.", "He is currently the Defense Department's chief intelligence officer.", "\"General Clapper has excellent credentials, and the support of the White House and key intelligence leaders,\" Feinstein, D-California, said in a statement released after the vote.", "\"He is mindful of the importance of independence from the Pentagon, he understands the DNI's responsibility to provide strategic intelligence to policymakers, and he knows that the job entails more than simple coordination.\"", "Acting Director of National Intelligence David Gompert said in a statement after the vote that Clapper was the right person for the job.", "\"As we face evolving security threats and continue to build an integrated intelligence enterprise, the intelligence community and the nation are extremely fortunate to have such a distinguished leader at the helm,\" he said.", "During his recent confirmation hearing, Clapper said he wouldn't agree to take the job if he thought he \"was going to be a titular figurehead or hood ornament.\"", "A number of senators had questioned whether the DNI had enough authority to get the job done.", "Clapper said he did not need any new authority to oversee the 16 intelligence agencies and offices.", "\"With all of the discussion about the lack of authority, of the perceived weakness of the office of director of national intelligence, I believe it already does have considerable authority, either explicit in the law... or implicit that can be exerted,\" Clapper said.", "He vowed to \"push the envelope\" to be successful in the job.", "The office of DNI was established by Congress in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to help improve the coordination of the intelligence community and to correct deficiencies in information-sharing among its members.", "CNN's Ted Barrett and Pam Benson contributed to this report." ]	[ "The vote comes before the Senate's August recess .", "Clapper, a retired Air Force lieutenant general, is the fourth person in the position .", "He succeeds Dennis Blair, who was pressured to resign because of difference with the White House ." ]	[ 3, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As the voice of opposition to Arizona's controversial immigration law gets louder, the state's reputation can expect to take a hit.", "Critics of the law are calling for economic boycotts of Arizona, urging corporations and organizations to refrain from holding conventions in the state.", "They're also pressuring Major League Baseball to take its 2011 All-Star Game elsewhere, much like the National Football League did in 1993 when Arizona refused to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday.", "While Arizona can ride out the backlash in the short term, the impact could hit hard later on, said Brayden King, assistant professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.", "\"The reputational consequences will have long-term economic consequences if it's not resolved,\" King said.", "Critics have said the law will lead to racial profiling.", "Supporters argue it will crack down on illegal immigration.", "Latino rights groups, others call for Arizona boycott .", "As originally passed, the bill would have allowed police to ask anyone for proof of legal U.S. residency based solely on an officer's suspicion.", "Arizona Gov.", "Jan Brewer signed a bill to amend the law so that officers could check a person's status only if the person had been detained or arrested for another reason.", "Brewer said the changes should ease concerns about racial profiling, but opponents say the changes are not sufficient.", "Days after the bill was signed into law, Debbie Johnson, president and CEO of the Arizona Hotel & Lodging Association, said three conferences were canceled, including a gathering of the American Immigration Lawyers Association scheduled for fall.", "Arizona governor signs changes into immigration law .", "Now, the calls for boycotts are coming from across the country.", "The Boston City Council approved a resolution calling on the Massachusetts city to pull investments from Arizona.", "The Oakland, California, City Council voted this week to boycott Arizona businesses.", "Chris Coleman, mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, banned city-funded travel to the state.", "Coleman also planned to write letters to the chairmen of the Republican and Democratic national committees, encouraging them not to choose Phoenix as the host city for their 2012 conventions.", "In Arizona, the Tucson and Flagstaff city councils voted this week to file suit against the immigration law.", "The city councils said they're taking action because of concerns over enforcement costs and negative effects on Arizona's tourism industry.", "Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup said up to 38 percent of retail sales in the city come from legal Mexican visitors.", "The Arizona Hotel & Lodging Association has set up a Facebook page titled \"Don't Boycott AZ Tourism,\" which urges visitors not to scapegoat the tourist industry and its workers.", "Supporters of the law outside of the state are mobilizing.", "Organizers with Voice of the People USA and Tea Party Patriots Live announced Thursday they planned to hold rallies in Phoenix and across the country the week of June 5 to counter any boycotts and show support for the immigration law.", "Brewer has dismissed the notion that the state's immigration law would hurt economic development, saying many businesses have long wanted tougher action.", "The law is slated to go into effect late this summer unless court challenges hold it up.", "What does the law do? In an editorial on ESPN.com, Brewer said the recent boycotts and calls for MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to move next year's All-Star game are misguided.", "\"Put simply, history shows that boycotts backfire and harm innocent people.", "Boycotts are just more politics and manipulation by out-of-state interests.", "As a border state, Arizona has already paid a heavy price for the federal government's failure -- hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in unreimbursed costs -- and its citizens should not be punished further,\" she wrote in the Wednesday article.", "But King, the Northwestern professor, said history also has shown the opposite to be true.", "Citing the Boston Tea Party in the 1770s and the civil rights-era boycotts in the South, King noted, \"Those did not hurt the innocent, and they had real impact on political and social change.\"", "A majority of Americans support Arizona's law, even though most of them think it could lead to racial profiling, according to a recent national poll.", "A CBS/New York Times survey released Tuesday indicates that Americans overwhelmingly believe that the country's immigration laws need to be changed.", "A Gallup Poll released last week showed similar public attitudes: Nearly four in 10 Americans supported the law, with three in 10 opposed, and 31 percent saying they had not heard of the new law at the time, or had no opinion.", "While the boycotts are keeping the law in the spotlight, King predicted that even those apathetic about the issue could take a side.", "\"Even people who wouldn't have cared in the first place are now becoming aware of it and are starting to develop opinions about it.", "They may have been lukewarm or moderate in the beginning, but they are probably becoming polarized as they become more educated about the issue,\" he said, noting that Arizonans' opinion on the issue could change as well.", "\"[Brewer's] constituents will not be happy if Arizona loses major business revenue like a Super Bowl or an All-Star Game,\" he said.", "\"Even if their own pocketbook is not being affected, they're not going to want to be associated with that kind of negative press.\"", "Brewer is rejecting a request from a top Senate Democrat to hold the immigration bill for one year to give Congress time to pass comprehensive immigration reform.", "In a letter dated Thursday and obtained by CNN, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, made the request to Brewer, a Republican.", "Schumer, the Senate Democrats' point man for immigration reform, called Arizona's concerns about illegal immigration \"legitimate security interests\" and said he appreciates that Brewer \"felt duty-bound to take action to address the security concerns in your state.\"", "\"But I simply do not believe the remedy Arizona has enacted will succeed in resolving the problem it is designed to address,\" Schumer wrote.", "He called the law, \"wrong-hearted\" and \"likely unconstitutional.\"", "He also asked Brewer to call on Arizona's two GOP senators - John McCain and Jon Kyl - to \"immediately begin discussions with me to enact\" immigration reform.", "On Friday, Brewer's office informed CNN of the governor's response.", "\"The governor is certainly grateful that Sen. Schumer has focused some attention on Arizona's border security plight,\" said Paul Senseman, Brewer's deputy chief of staff for communications.", "But, Senseman continued, Brewer \"is waiting for action on border security.\"", "Attempting to highlight federal inaction on the matter, Senseman referred to a letter sent from border state governors, including Brewer, to Congressional leaders in April 2009.", "It called for more National Guard personnel to help local law enforcement agencies combat violence, crime and illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border.", "\"The governor has been waiting over a year,\" Senseman told CNN in reaction to Schumer's letter.", "CNN's A. Pawlowski contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Senator asks Arizona to hold off on law until Congress acts on issue .", "Opponents of Arizona immigration law are calling for an economic boycott of state .", "Expert: Boycott could hurt state's reputation, lead to long-term economic consequences .", "\"History shows that boycotts backfire and harm innocent people,\" Arizona governor says ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 13, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Alabama man described as a jihadist \"rock star,\" two Minnesota women and a California man are among more than a dozen people now charged with aiding al Qaeda-linked rebels in Somalia.", "The Justice Department unsealed a slew of indictments Thursday that accused 14 people of providing \"money, personnel and services\" to Al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant group battling Somalia's U.N.-backed transitional government.", "Most were in Minnesota, where the group has attempted to find recruits from among Somali immigrants.", "FBI agents have arrested two women in Rochester, Minnesota, about 85 miles south of Minneapolis, on charges of raising money for the insurgents, the Justice Department announced.", "The rest named in Thursday's indictments are believed to be in Somalia, fighting with the rebels.", "\"While our investigations are ongoing around the country, these arrests and charges should serve as an unmistakable warning to others considering joining or supporting terrorist groups like Al-Shabaab: If you choose this route you can expect to find yourself in a U.S. jail cell or a casualty on the battlefield in Somalia,\" Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Thursday.", "Two men -- Omar Shafik Hammami, 26, a former resident of Daphne, Alabama, and Jehad Serwan Mostafa, 28, a former resident of San Diego, California -- have been charged in separate cases of providing material support to Al-Shabaab.", "Both are U.S. citizens, and are thought to be fighting alongside the rebels in Somalia, U.S. officials said.", "Hammami in particular has become a \"rock star\" among jihadists, with rap-style videos that bridge American and Somali culture, said Frank Cilluffo, an analyst with the Homeland Security Policy Institute in Washington.", "In one such video, Hammami declares, \"Mortar by mortar, shell by shell, only going to stop when I send them to hell.\"", "In another, he boasts that he and his comrades are waiting for the enemy \"away from our families, away from the cities, away from ice, candy bars.\"", "\"This isn't just someone reciting dusty old texts,\" Cilluffo said.", "\"This is someone Americans see glimmers of themselves in.\"", "Hammami was raised a Baptist in Alabama, but converted to Islam as a young man.", "His father, Shafik Hammami, said in a written statement, \"What we know of the current situation is what everyone is learning from the same news reports, nothing more.\"", "\"Omar is my son and I love him dearly, just as a father should,\" he said.", "\"However, I do not, in any way, condone his current philosophy nor his actions.\"", "Holder said Hammami is now believed to be a ranking Al-Shabaab member who has \"operational responsibilities.\"", "Another indictment in Minnesota charged 10 men with leaving the country to join Al-Shabaab.", "Seven had faced previous related charges.", "Abdikadir Ali Abdi, 19; Abdisalan Hussein Ali, 21; Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax, 33; Farah Mohamed Beledi, 26; and Abdiweli Yassin Isse, 26, are charged with conspiring to provide and providing material support to Al-Shabaab and conspiring to kill, maim and injure people abroad.", "Faarax and Isse had been charged previously in a criminal complaint, and Abdi, Ali and Faarax are U.S. citizens, the Justice Department said.", "Meanwhile, Ahmed Ali Omar, 27; Khalid Mohamud Abshir, 27; Zakaria Maruf, 31; Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, 22; and Mustafa Ali Salat, 20, are charged with conspiracies to provide material support to terrorists and foreign terrorist organizations; conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad; possessing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence; and solicitation to commit a crime of violence.", "All five have been previously charged.", "A separate indictment charged Amina Farah Ali, 33, and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, 63, on Thursday.", "The Rochester women, both of whom are naturalized citizens, were charged with providing material support to terrorists by raising money for the rebels among Somali immigrants in Minnesota, other states and Canada, Holder said.", "\"In some cases, these funds were raised under the false pretense that they would be used to aid the poor and the needy,\" Holder said.", "The attorney general emphasized that innocent Muslims have been the victims of attacks by Al-Shabaab, al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other terror groups and pointed out that American Muslims have been vital in helping battle \"this emerging threat\" in the United States.", "\"These individuals have consistently -- and correctly -- expressed deep concern about the recruitment of their youth by terrorist groups,\" he said.", "\"Many members of the community have taken proactive steps to stop the recruitment of their youth by terrorist groups.", "Just recently, a group of prominent American Muslims joined together in a video to repudiate the tactics employed by radicalized militants to recruit young Muslims via the internet.\"", "The announcement comes a day after federal prosecutors in Chicago, Illinois, charged a U.S. citizen with trying to provide material support to two terrorist organizations -- al Qaeda and Al-Shabaab -- and with another charge related to weapons of mass destruction, according to a criminal complaint.", "Shaker Masri, 26, a U.S. citizen who lives in Chicago, was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly tried to violate a law that prohibits U.S. nationals \"from using, threatening, attempting or conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the United States,\" the complaint said.", "Minnesota is home to the country's largest population of Somali residents, according to the Minneapolis Foundation, a philanthropic community organization.", "Most of those Somalis came to the United States as refugees, the foundation says.", "The 2000 Census showed that 13 percent of Minnesota's foreign-born residents were from Africa, a higher percentage than any other state in the country.", "According to the Minneapolis Foundation, there were 5,000 Minnesota residents in 1990 who had been born in Africa.", "Ten years later, that number had grown to more than 34,000.", "CNN's Jeanne Meserve and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report." ]	[ "Indictments and arrests took place in Minnesota, California and Alabama .", "One expert described an Alabama man charged in the case as a jihadist \"rock star\"\nOne suspect is called a ranking Al-Shabaab member with \"operational responsibilities\"\nTwo women were charged for raising money door-to-door for Al-Shabaab ." ]	[ 0, 17, 25 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Monday, the official first day of winter, airlines were scrambling to accommodate passengers affected by the cancellation of hundreds of flights after a monster weekend winter storm blanketed a swath of the East Coast.", "Charlene Fisk, a filmmaker from Atlanta, Georgia, tried her best not to lose it at Hartsfield International Airport on Monday at 4:30 a.m. when she found out she wouldn't be getting home to upstate New York anytime soon.", "Her US Airways connecting flight had been canceled, so she was placed on another flight to Philadelphia, which was then canceled.", "She's going to have to fly to Chicago on Monday evening, hopefully stay the night with friends and then hop on a standby flight to Syracuse.", "Her family will have to drive about an hour from their home to pick her up.", "\"Passengers are talking about renting cars together and just driving home,\" Fisk said.", "US Airways is picking up the tab to fly Fisk to Chicago.", "And while some airlines are offering refunds, a spokesman for Delta Air Lines said the company is providing weather waivers that allow passengers to reschedule without a penalty if they were scheduled to travel before Christmas.", "Another strong winter system will be developing by Tuesday in the Rockies.", "The system will take a track through the central Plains, Midwest, and into the western Great Lakes.", "Winter storm and blizzard watches are already in effect for the Central Plains for Tuesday night through Thursday.", "Severe weather also will be possible from Dallas and Houston, Texas, to Little Rock, Arkansas, and New Orleans, Louisiana.", "On Monday, CNN correspondent Susan Candiotti was taking her first day of vacation when she began a chaotic journey from Newark, New Jersey.", "Already with boarding pass in hand, she spent nearly two hours in three different lines because agents were unsure which line passengers should be in, she said.", "Another agent eventually told Candiotti and others to go directly to TSA security where they got in another line.", "A different Continental agent then lead them to an upper floor to check their bags.", "Then, they were sent back to security and she made it to her 8:45 a.m. flight gate with 10 minutes to spare only to learn that the flight had been postponed until around 11 a.m., when it eventually took off for Columbus, Ohio.", "Her final destination is northern Kentucky which she'll eventually reach once her sister picks her up in Ohio and drives her home.", "\"My experience today was nothing compared to many people we interviewed (on Sunday) who stood in line for three or four hours,\" Candiotti said.", "\"One student trying to get to Denver had to spend two sleepless nights at the airport.", "So, my delay pales by comparison.\"", "Washington's Dulles and Reagan National airports saw snowfall of 18 inches and 16.4 inches respectively on Sunday, the highest one-day totals ever for December.", "Alison Young posted on her Facebook page that she's glad her brother finally made it to Omaha, Nebraska.", "He arrived at 3 a.m. central time on Monday.", "He began his journey at 7 a.m. Sunday at Reagan National, had to scramble to find a flight out of Dulles, went through Denver and then made it home.", "\"Can't wait to attempt my own trek home Tuesday,\" Young joked.", "American Airlines said it would add extra flights, use bigger planes where possible and reflow passengers to other flights.", "Passengers who were affected can switch flights with no change fees through Thursday, said Charley Wilson, airline spokesman.", "Continental Airlines said though flights are extremely full because of the Christmas season, staffers are working on a \"case-by-case basis\" to ensure passengers get home for the holidays.", "Passengers can also get a refund or change their flights for free at Continental's Web site or through the 800 number, said spokeswoman Mary Clark.", "Areas from the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeast set snowfall records this weekend.", "Record snow blanketed some areas Sunday, including 23 inches in Bethesda, Maryland, and 24 inches in Medford, New Jersey.", "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received 23.2 inches -- its second-highest snowfall ever in a single event.", "Two people were killed in weather-related crashes, the Virginia State Police said Sunday, and \"there are two additional deaths that are likely related to the winter storm.\"", "The storm, known as a nor'easter, blanketed the mid-Atlantic region and the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor.", "Meanwhile, western North Carolina residents were digging out from the powerful storm.", "In Washington, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said the storm is \"perhaps the biggest we've seen in several years.\"", "\"We are going to throw everything we have at it to keep the District open for business on this busy pre-holiday weekend,\" Fenty said when he announced the snow emergency.", "But, he also urged residents to stay put in their homes.", "\"We urge everyone if you don't have to go anywhere, wait.", "We should have a lot of streets ready to go by rush hour Monday.", "And, hopefully, all of it done between Monday and Wednesday.\"", "Nine people were taken to a hospital after a bus and a city snow plow collided, a D.C. fire official said.", "The injuries were not considered serious." ]	[ "Monster weekend winter storm blankets a swath of the East Coast .", "Atlanta passenger put on two canceled flights, must hopscotch home .", "Stranded in NY: \"You sort of crumble once, get it over with and then put on a smile\"\nAt least four deaths have been linked to the winter storm, officials say ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(Mental Floss) -- When Americans sit down with their families for Thanksgiving dinner, most of us will probably gorge ourselves on the same traditional Thanksgiving menu, with turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and pumpkin pie taking up the most real estate on our plates.", "Pumpkin pie didn't make an appearance at the First Thanksgiving, though pumpkins were probably served.", "How did these dishes become the national \"what you eat on Thanksgiving\" options, though?", "Are they holdovers from the First Thanksgiving, or did they gradually sneak in?", "The Pilgrims may not have had turkey .", "Turkey may not have been on the menu at the 1621 celebration by the Pilgrims of Plymouth that is widely considered the First Thanksgiving (though fans of Virginia's Berkeley Plantation might quibble with the \"First\" part).", "There were definitely wild turkeys in the Plymouth area, as colonist William Bradford noted in his journal.", "However, the best existing account of the Pilgrims' harvest feast comes from colonist Edward Winslow, author of \"Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.\"", "Winslow's first-hand account of the First Thanksgiving included no explicit mention of turkey.", "He does, however, mention the Pilgrims gathering \"wild fowl\" for the meal, although that could just as likely have meant ducks or geese.", "So why do we chow down on turkey, then?", "It helps to know a bit about the history of Thanksgiving.", "While the idea of giving thanks and celebrating the harvest was popular in certain parts of the country, it was by no means an annual national holiday.", "Presidents would occasionally declare a Thanksgiving Day celebration, but the holiday hadn't completely caught on nationwide.", "Many of these early celebrations included turkey; Alexander Hamilton once remarked that, \"No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day.\"", "Mental Floss: Manly ways to prepare turkey .", "When Bradford's journals were reprinted in 1856 after being lost for a century, they found a receptive audience with advocates who wanted Thanksgiving turned into a national holiday.", "Since Bradford wrote of how the colonists had hunted wild turkeys during the autumn of 1621 and since turkey is a uniquely American (and scrumptious) bird, it gained traction as the Thanksgiving meal of choice for Americans after Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.", "Moreover, there were pragmatic reasons for eating turkey rather than, say, chicken at a feast like Thanksgiving.", "The birds are large enough that they can feed a table full of hungry family members, and unlike chickens or cows, they didn't serve much utilitarian purpose like laying eggs or making milk.", "Unlike pork, turkey wasn't so common that it didn't seem like a suitable choice for a special occasion, either.", "An interesting 2007 piece in Slate discussed these reasons for turkey's prominence, but also made another intriguing point.", "The publication of \"A Christmas Carol\" in 1843 may have helped force along the turkey's cause as a holiday delicacy when Scrooge magnanimously sends the Cratchit family a Christmas turkey.", "Mental Floss: 10 things that deflated the Macy's parade .", "There was no cranberry sauce, either .", "While the cranberries the Pilgrims needed were probably easy to come by, making cranberry sauce requires sugar.", "Sugar was a rare luxury at the time of First Thanksgiving, so while revelers may have eaten cranberries it's unlikely that the feast featured the tasty sauce.", "What's more, it's not even entirely clear that cranberry sauce had been invented yet.", "It's not until 1663 that visitors to the area started commenting on a sweet sauce made of boiled cranberries that accompanied meat.", "There's the same problem with potatoes.", "Neither sweet potatoes nor white potatoes were available to the colonists in 1621, so the Pilgrims definitely didn't feast on everyone's favorite tubers.", "But they had plenty of venison .", "Winslow mentions in his writings that the governor sent out a party of four men to do some fowling for the feast, but the Pilgrims and Wampanoag also enjoyed five deer as part of their feasting.", "The meat supposedly arrived at the celebration as a gift from the Wampanoag king Massasoit.", "On top of the venison, other meats probably included lots of fish and shellfish, which were staples of the Pilgrims' diets.", "So if you want to wolf down a lobster or some oysters in lieu of turkey on Thursday, nobody can fault you for being historically inaccurate.", "And pumpkin pie didn't cap things off .", "It may be the flagship dessert at modern Thanksgiving dinners, but pumpkin pie didn't make an appearance at the First Thanksgiving.", "The Pilgrims probably lacked the butter and flour needed to make a pie crust, and it's not clear that they even had an oven in which they could have baked a pumpkin pie.", "That doesn't mean pumpkins weren't available for the meal, though; they were probably served after being baked in the coals of a fire or stewed.", "Pumpkin pie became a popular dish on 17th-century American tables, though, and it might have shown up for Thanksgiving as early as the second celebration of the holiday in 1623.", "Mental Floss: 10 Thanksgiving traditions .", "For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .", "Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "First-hand account of the First Thanksgiving includes no explicit mention of turkey .", "It's also unlikely that the feast featured cranberry sauce .", "\"A Christmas Carol\" may have helped turkeys become a holiday delicacy .", "Pumpkin pie became a popular dish on 17th-century American tables ." ]	[ 8, 24, 40 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In 2005, Haitian-born and Brooklyn-raised musician Wyclef Jean created the grassroots charity organization Yéle Haiti.", "The former member of the Grammy-winning group The Fugees coined the term Yéle in a song and imbued it with the meaning, \"a cry for freedom.\"", "The purpose of the organization has been, from its inception, to restore pride and hope to the Haitian people through projects that will allow citizens to ultimately help themselves, such as the creation of scholarships, support for the arts, food distribution and emergency relief.", "\"I see old women with large bags of rice on their heads and men on street corners selling sugarcane and mangos, all just trying to survive with a strong sense of pride,\" Jean said in a statement on the group's Web site.", "\"Walking past a church in my village, I hear the congregation singing an appeal to God to hear their cries and grant deliverance to Haiti.", "Through experiences like this, I sense where my mother and my father got their strength.", "Now the whole country needs to reach deep into the spirit and strength that is part of our heritage.", "\"The objective of Yéle Haiti is to restore pride and a reason to hope, and for the whole country to regain the deep spirit and force that is part of our heritage.\"", "Within two hours of Tuesday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake, Jean and Yéle mobilized on social networking sites to raise funds for disaster relief.", "Jean is encouraging people to text \"Yéle\" to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund, or to visit http://www.yele.org/.", "\"I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse.", "The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone.", "We must act now,\" Jean said in a statement Tuesday night.", "In its first year, the organization, which Jean created in collaboration with his cousin, music producer Jerry Duplessis, provided scholarships to more than 3,600 children.", "In 2007 Jean testified before the House of Representatives urging the U.S. government to earmark more funds for education in Haiti and to encourage the U.S. private sector to enter the Haitian market in order to create jobs for the Haitian people.", "Jean also stressed the important of the arts in Haiti.", "The group has used local musicians to deliver food into slum neighborhoods where no other organizations are able to go.", "They have held annual hip-hop competitions where underprivileged youth are invited to write raps on social issues.", "A project called Yéle Cinema shows free Creole-dubbed films in slum neighborhoods, interspersed with short messages about social and development themes.", "Jean hasn't been shy about using his celebrity status to advance the aims of Yéle Haiti.", "Following the devastation of several consecutive tropical storms in September 2008, Jean brought actor Matt Damon to the island.", "Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have traveled with Jean several times, most notably in 2006 when Jolie was pregnant with their first child.", "Last March the musician brought United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Clinton to tour the region.", "\"I was honored to show my support when they asked me to join them on this important humanitarian trip which also gave them the opportunity to experience the beauty underneath the devastation my country and its people have had to face.", "It's crucial for me to do all I can to raise awareness and help Haiti get through this tough time,\" Jean said in a statement.", "While in Haiti the group visited a Yéle sponsored feeding program and met with President René Preval and senior government officials.", "In May 2008, Jean and Yéle Haiti partnered with the United Nations World Food Program and the Pan American Development Foundation to create \"Together for Haiti,\" a program that specifically provides resources for targeted food distribution, employment creation, micro-enterprise grants and farm training.", "\"The food crisis we've seen develop in Haiti over the last 60 days is more serious than any emergency I've seen over my years of work with the country,\" Jean said in a statement.", "\"Even where food is available, the citizens of Haiti do not have the resources to buy it -- and we must take immediate action.", "I'm confident that through the commitment of these three powerful organizations, 'Together for Haiti' will rise to meet this urgent challenge and provide direct relief to the people.\"" ]	[ "Haitian born musician Wyclef Jean founded charity organization Yéle Haiti in 2005 .", "Yéle has been involved with Haiti through scholarships and food drives .", "Jean and Yéle mobilized within two hours following Haiti earthquake ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard closed 98 miles of the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, southward after a fuel barge and a tanker collided early Wednesday, spilling more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil.", "Coast Guard personnel try to contain a fuel oil spill in the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Wednesday.", "The closure -- on what is a major shipping route between the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico -- could last days, and the cleanup could take weeks, said Capt.", "Lincoln Stroh, the Coast Guard chief in New Orleans.", "The collision between the Liberian-flagged chemical tanker Tintomara and the barge pushed by the tug Mel Oliver happened about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, splitting the barge nearly in half and dumping more than 419,000 gallons of oil into the river, the Coast Guard said.", "The accident happened just north of the massive bridges connecting downtown New Orleans to the west bank of the Mississippi, the Coast Guard said.", "The tanker was undamaged.", "See a map of where the spill happened » .", "The Coast Guard said Wednesday evening that the tug had no properly licensed crew on board at the time of the collision.", "No injuries were reported, and the National Transportation Safety Board said it has dispatched investigators to look into the accident.", "The accident left a sheen of oil over much of the river and its banks.", "Booms were deployed to contain the oil, and skimmers are being used to suck it off the surface, said Petty Officer Thomas Blue, a Coast Guard spokesman.", "Watch scenes from the oil spill » .", "The spill is much smaller than the ones that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when the Coast Guard estimated that more than 7 million gallons of oil were dumped into the Mississippi and nearby waterways.", "But Wilma Subra, a chemist who advises the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, said the oil could affect wildlife and work its way up the food chain into residents, many of whom fish for subsistence.", "\"This is a spill that occurred in a very urban area, and it can impact a very large number of people,\" she said.", "The oil, widely used as marine fuel, is heavier than diesel but lighter than crude, and it is likely to stick to rocks, trees and wildlife, Stroh said.", "\"Some will evaporate with sunlight, but there will be residuals in the waterway which need to be cleaned up,\" he said.", "However, State Department of Environmental Quality officials said the oil is so thick that it could sink, which would complicate the cleanup, the Times-Picayune of New Orleans reported.", "The Mississippi is the primary source of drinking water for the region, and workers have deployed booms around intakes for local water systems, said Paul Book, the head of the cleanup effort for barge owners American Commercial Lines.", "Water intakes in the oil spill area -- those for Algiers, Gretna, St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines Parish -- were closed to prevent contamination, though residents there still could get water through their taps because of reserve supplies, the Times-Picayune reported.", "A swifter-than-normal current quickly drew the slick downstream.", "The Coast Guard initially closed 29 miles of the river but expanded that to 98 miles by Wednesday evening, the service said.", "The heavy, sticky oil left a \"real strong\" smell hanging over much of downtown New Orleans, said Carl Bauder, who runs a barber shop near the foot of Canal Street.", "The Coast Guard's closure of traffic shut down commuter ferries across the river, said Bauder, who lives in the West Bank neighborhood of Algiers.", "\"[The oil has] done a lot of damage to our Moonwalk area and down by the aquarium,\" he said.", "Department of Environmental Quality officials said they didn't believe breathing the air near the river would be a problem, adding that emergency personnel were checking the air with portable monitors and hadn't found dangerous hydrocarbon levels, the Times-Picayune reported.", "New Orleans is among the largest U.S. ports.", "More than 30 ships were queued early Wednesday afternoon, waiting to pass through the closed zone, Coast Guard spokeswoman Jaclyn Young said.", "Ships approaching the mouth of the river from the Gulf of Mexico were being asked to stay out, Stroh said." ]	[ "Ninety-eight miles of Mississippi River closed from New Orleans southward .", "Closure could last days, but cleanup could take weeks, Coast Guard says .", "More than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil spilled after tanker, barge collide .", "River is major route for cargo between Midwest, Gulf of Mexico ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNET) -- Coulomb Technologies on Wednesday said it will build 4,600 electric vehicle charging stations in nine regions of the U.S., funded by $37 million in grants.", "More than half of the charging stations in the program called ChargePoint America will go in public locations, such as overnight parking spaces, offices, or retail locations.", "About 2,000 going into people's homes as part of the purchase of an electric vehicle.", "The goal of the charging network and others like it is to make electric vehicles more accessible to consumers, as these cars come to market in the coming months, said Richard Lowenthal, the CEO of Campbell, California-based Coulomb Technologies during a press conference.", "The program differs from other electric vehicle charging networks in that Coulomb is working with Ford Motor, General Motors, and Smart USA on the roll out, Lowenthal said.", "Ford will release an electric Transit Connect utility van and electric Ford Focus sedan in 2011, GM plans to release the Volt by November, and the electric Smart fortwo will begin pilot testing in the U.S. by 2011.", "The stations themselves will be equipped with 220-volt service at either 16 or 30 amps, which enables faster charging than regular home electrical service.", "Lowenthal said that an electric car with a large battery could charge from empty in under four hours.", "Drivers will be able to find available charging stations using either an iPhone or Blackberry application, which can also send alerts if a car battery is running low or if a connected car is unplugged.", "The system includes software for station owners to set billing rates.", "Regions are considering cheaper off-peak rates to encourage drivers to charge overnight.", "Utilities can see available energy electric vehicles or run demand-response programs to slow charging rates during peak times if needed.", "\"Our stations are unique in that they are all networked.", "That allows them to support a bunch of software applications which are important to different constituents,\" Lownenthal said, adding that installation will begin immediately and continue for 18 months.", "The nine regions are: the Bellevue and Redmond, Washington area; Sacramento, Calif.; the San Francisco and San Jose, California.", "region; Los Angeles; Orlando, Florida; Washington D.C.; New York City; Austin, Texas; and Detroit, Michigan.", "Of the total in grants, $15 million will come from the Department of Energy as part of the stimulus act and another $22 million will come from other sources, Lowenthal said.", "As part of project, Coulomb will gather data on driver usage patterns and report it to the Department of Energy until October 2013.", "© 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.", "CNET, CNET.com and the CNET logo are registered trademarks of CBS Interactive Inc. Used by permission." ]	[ "Company to build 4,600 electric vehicle charging stations in nine regions of the U.S.\nMore than half in the ChargePoint America program will go in public locations .", "Of the total in grants, $15 million will come from the Department of Energy ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Robert Enke, the goalkeeper for the German national football team who killed himself on Tuesday, was suffering from depression, his widow has revealed.", "Valentin Markser, a doctor who treated Enke, said the goalkeeper first sought treatment in 2003, when he lost his starting place at Barcelona and developed anxieties and fear of failure.", "The couple's biological daughter died three years ago from a heart problem when she was aged just two.", "Dr. Charles L. Raison, Clinical Director of the Mind-Body Program at Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta, answers some key questions about some of the issues associated with depression.", "What are the signs or symptoms that someone is suffering from this illness?", "The classic symptom of depression is feeling emotionally down or blue, but when humans start feeling this way a whole bunch of other symptoms usually tag along.", "When people feel emotionally depressed they tend to lose interest in the world around them and their ability to experience pleasure withers.", "They often become very hopeless and feel overwhelmed by responsibilities that would normally be no problem for them.", "They have trouble thinking and concentrating, and when depression is severe they can feel like they are losing their minds.", "Depressed people often feel very badly about themselves.", "They can be haunted by guilt and consumed by negative thoughts that run over and over again like a bad movie.", "This level of psychic misery begins to make death seem like a form of relief, so it is not surprising that most depressed people spend at least some of their time thinking about suicide.", "Depressed people almost always have changes in their sleep and appetite.", "In addition, people with depression typically experience tremendous fatigue and are often plagued by aches and pains in their bodies for which no bodily cause can be found.", "What causes depression?", "Depression is caused by an interaction between genes and environment.", "Some people carry genes that make them so prone to depression that almost any degree of hardship will bump them into depression.", "At the other extreme there are environments that are so terrible that all but the most resistant people will develop depression.", "Psychological stress and medical illness are the two royal roads to depression.", "Almost all episodes of depression are set off by one or the other of these factors, although the more often a person is depressed the less adversity is needed to set off a new episode.", "That is one type of answer to the question of what causes depression.", "Scientists are discovering a different kind of answer which has to do with the types of abnormalities in the brain and body that are characteristic of people with depression.", "We might say that depression is caused by hyperactivity of body-brain danger pathways and not enough activity in brain areas that help us get a grip on our emotions.", "In this way depression is very much a physical illness.", "What can be done to treat it?", "The short answer is \"many things\".", "In general, treatments boil down to either pharmacological or behavioral.", "In the pharmacological category are numerous antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs, such as lithium and atypical antipsychotics.", "In the behavioral realm are a number of psychotherapeutic techniques, ranging from psychoanalysis to behavioral therapy.", "Overall, medications and therapy appear about equal in efficacy.", "Recent data suggest that therapy might have a longer-lasting protective effect than medications once treatment has stopped.", "In addition to medications and therapy, recent studies suggest that vigorous exercise is also an effective treatment for depression.", "Have attitudes within the medical profession changed?", "No one in medicine -- in my experience -- questions either the reality or validity of major depression.", "In fact, far from disputing the importance of depression, what I usually find is a huge hunger on the part of the medical profession to learn more so they can better help their patients.", "The World Health Organization now places depression as the fourth most disabling medical condition worldwide and estimates it will rise to number two by 2020.", "The days when doctors looked askance at depression as a clinical entity are long gone." ]	[ "Dr. Charles Raison tells CNN about the symptoms and causes of depression .", "Some people carry genes that make them more prone to depression .", "When people feel emotionally depressed they tend to lose interest in the world around them ." ]	[ 6, 16 ]
[ "JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- South African police and military units raided three hostels Thursday in a clampdown on xenophobic attacks that have left more than 40 dead, authorities said.", "Twenty-eight people were arrested in the \"extremely successful\" first joint operation, according to a statement from the South African police and South African National Defence Force.", "The statement said 150 kilograms (330.6 pounds) of marijuana was seized along with firearms, ammunition and suspected stolen property.", "Two of the hostels raided were in Jeppe and the third was in Cleveland, all in the Johannesburg area.", "South African President Thabo Mbeki approved the deployment of the army Wednesday to help stop the attacks, which have drawn condemnation from South African officials and other African leaders.", "Police said 42 people have been killed in the violence, which began last week in Johannesburg's Alexandra Township and has been concentrated in the city's poorest areas.", "Some 28,000 people have been displaced by the violence, Hangwani Malaudzi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Safety and Security said.", "And more than 400 have been arrested for crimes ranging from murder, to causing a public disturbance, he said.", "The country has also seen a disturbing throwback to the 1980s apartheid-era lynching tactic of \"necklacing,\" which was widely used in the townships at the time.", "Used on suspected informants, the \"necklace\" is a car tire, filled with petrol, put around the person's neck and set alight.", "The victims are mainly immigrants and refugees from other parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, where a devastated economy has sent at least two million people across the border in search of a better life.", "Some say the attacks stem from a long-standing feeling among locals that the number of immigrants in South Africa results in shortages of jobs and essential needs.", "Inadequate housing, a lack of running water and electricity, the rising prices of food, and escalating crime -- nearly 20,000 people were slain in South Africa last year -- add to the resentment.", "Watch analysis of reasons behind xenophobic attacks » .", "South Africa's army has been patrolling riot-hit townships to restore calm as the country counts the cost of the xenophobic attacks.", "Brigadier General Kwena Mangope of the South African Department of Defense said troops were assisting the South African Police Service, the national police.", "\"We are in a supporting role,\" Mangope said.", "\"We are not taking over the operation.\"", "He said the army was providing troops and equipment, such as helicopters and tents.", "The deployment of the military and the continued operations of the police service helped quell the violence, Malaudzi said.", "Community groups, churches, and communication between police and affected communities also helped the situation, he said.", "\"The message is going out there to say we condemn this kind of action, and (to) those that are involved in instigating this violence, the law is going to come down on them very, very seriously,\" Malaudzi said.", "According to South Africa's latest census, the country has about 45 million people.", "The South African Department of Human Affairs estimates that more than 4 million people reside in South Africa illegally, but that figure is based on a 10-year-old study and some feel the number of immigrants in South Africa is much higher.", "Some say that millions have recently fled to South Africa from Zimbabwe because of violence there since the county's stalled election.", "A presidential run-off between long-time leader President Robert Mugabe and his opposition challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai, is scheduled for June 27 in Zimbabwe -- three months after the initial vote.", "Zimbabwe also is in the midst of an economic collapse, with nearly 80 percent unemployment." ]	[ "Army patrol street to restore calm after violence targeting foreigners flared .", "NEW: Police, military in first joint operation raid three hostels .", "Attacks have been concentrated in Johannesburg's poorest areas .", "Zimbabweans who have fled their own country are driven from squatter camps ." ]	[ 5, 14, 17 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One of the women who tried to assassinate President Ford 32 years ago was released on parole Monday from a federal prison in California, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesman.", "Sara Jane Moore, 77, was released in the morning from the federal women's prison in Dublin, outside San Francisco, according to Mike Truman of the Bureau of Prisons.", "There was no immediate comment from the prison facility, where Moore had been Inmate No.", "04851180. Officials said she had a recent parole hearing, but they did not know what prompted her release.", "Nor was it clear what her plans are or where she is headed.", "The former nurse and mother of five had been trying for 20 years to gain her freedom.", "Moore was arrested in September 22, 1975, outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco after firing a single shot at Ford.", "A bystander had grabbed Moore's arms just before she fired a .38 caliber revolver and was credited with probably saving the president's life.", "The bullet missed Ford's head by inches.", "Seventeen days earlier Ford survived another attempt on his life by Lynette \"Squeaky\" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, California.", "Moore pleaded guilty to attempted assassination and was sentenced to life in prison.", "At the time she had been married and divorced seven times.", "In recent interviews Moore said she regretted her actions, which she said were motivated by radical revolutionary politics.", "As an inmate she worked as an accountant in the prison drapery factory.", "Ford died December 26, 2006, from natural causes.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Sara Jane Moore was released on parole from a federal prison in California .", "Moore tried to assassinate President Ford in 1975 .", "Moore, now 77, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama commemorated Monday's 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by signing an executive order to increase government employment of disabled people.", "\"Not dependence but independence: That's what the ADA was all about,\" Obama said at a White House reception attended by several hundred guests, including Cabinet members, legislators and activists for the disabled.", "The law, which President George H.W.", "Bush signed July 26, 1990, is credited with smashing barriers and creating opportunities for the disabled in a nation where more than 3 million people 15 and older use wheelchairs.", "It prohibits discrimination against disabled people, guaranteeing them equal opportunity in employment, transportation, government services and other areas.", "Although some critics say the act can be burdensome, costly and an overextension of the government's authority over the private sector, others say it could be stronger.", "The executive order signed by Obama calls for strategic planning, mandatory training and other steps to increase federal hiring of people with disabilities.", "In addition, Obama said, the Department of Justice was publishing rules to prohibit disability-based discrimination by state and local governments as well as private businesses.", "He called the 1990 law \"one of the most comprehensive civil rights bills in the history of this country\" and cited examples of people who faced discrimination for their disabilities or overcame them.", "\"When told you can't, you responded with that age-old American creed, 'yes, we can,' \" Obama said; applause and cheers greeted his 2008 campaign theme.", "The outdoor commemoration featured a presentation in sign language by actress Marlee Matlin, who starred in the film \"Children of a Lesser God,\" and musical performances by Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, the subject of the film \"The Soloist,\" and Patti LaBelle.", "Also Monday, Democratic Rep. James Langevin of Rhode Island, who is a quadriplegic, became the first person in a wheelchair to preside over the House of Representatives.", "Langevin, who was paralyzed as a teenager, credits the community support he received after his injury with inspiring him to go into public service." ]	[ "President Obama celebrates the Americans with Disabilities Act .", "He signs an executive order to increase federal hiring of disabled people .", "Several hundred guests attend the White House event ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "Paris, France (CNN) -- French police are searching the home of the daughter of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, a spokeswoman from the prosecutor's office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre told CNN Wednesday.", "Bettencourt's daughter, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers, went to court last month accusing a photographer of bilking her mother out of a billion euros.", "Bettencourt, who is France's richest woman, allegedly gave the money to the photographer, but her daughter says she is not mentally competent to handle her own affairs.", "At the same time, police are investigating claims that Bettencourt's adviser gave envelopes of cash to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Labor Minister Eric Woerth.Police questioned Liliane Bettencourt on Monday.", "It was unclear whether the search at her daughter's home and the questioning of Liliane Bettencourt were related, or to what case the search was tied.", "Woerth and Sarkozy have both denied the allegations, which resulted from secret recordings that surfaced last month.", "The recordings, allegedly made by Bettencourt's butler, also refer to a bank account in Switzerland containing 80 million euros ($98.3 million), which had not been reported on Bettencourt's taxes.", "Woerth will be questioned by police at some point, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said last week.", "No date for that has been set. Woerth's wife, Florence, was questioned last week, the spokeswoman said.", "The secret recordings published last month revealed that Florence Woerth was, until late June, the deputy to Bettencourt's financial adviser, Patrice de Maistre.", "Bettencourt's former bookkeeper, Claire Thibout, elaborated on the allegations in an interview this month with a French investigative website.", "She said she prepared envelopes of cash that were to be given to Sarkozy and Woerth, who previously worked in the Budget Ministry and was in charge of reforms to France's retirement system.", "Thibout's lawyer told French news agency Agence France-Presse this month that de Maistre once asked his client for 150,000 euros ($188,800) and said he would give it \"discreetly\" to Woerth at a dinner.", "Thibout testified before a judge about the allegations earlier in July.", "The French newspaper Le Monde published her testimony, in which she repeated her allegations against de Maistre and said she regularly withdrew large sums of money at his request.", "Among other claims is that Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign received money from Bettencourt in excess of campaign finance limits." ]	[ "Police are searching the home of Liliane Bettencourt's daughter .", "Bettencourt is the L'Oreal heiress and France's richest woman .", "Police questioned Bettencourt on Monday ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(Mental Floss) -- President Barack Obama turns 48 on Tuesday.", "While the first family encourages you to send contributions to your favorite charity in lieu of the White House, if you insist on doing some last-minute birthday shopping for 44, you might consider a pair of jeans or a case of Bud Light.", "For some historical precedent, here's a look back at some of the more interesting presidential gifts.", "Future president Barack Obama and his family blow out the candles on his birthday cake in 2004.", "George W. Bush: Raw lamb .", "President Bush and his family received about 1,000 gifts per month during his two terms in office.", "Bush's haul included an iPod from U2 lead singer, Bono, \"The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook\" and vocabulary-building game from the Sultan of Brunei, and an electric harp with a speakerphone from Vietnam.", "The most unusual gift Bush received may have been the 300 pounds of raw lamb meat from the president of Argentina in 2003.", "The lamb, like all gifts from overseas, was accepted by the Office of the President on behalf of the nation, and passed along to the General Services Administration.", "Most non-perishable gifts of state end up in presidential libraries or the National Archives.", "Bill Clinton: Portraits -- on a carpet .", "We'll say this for President Heydar Aliyev's gift to President Clinton: It was unique.", "The president of Azerbaijan wanted his gift to be representative of Azerbaijani craftsmanship, so he called upon Kamil Aliyev, a renowned carpet portrait artist.", "Kamil Aliyev's design featured the first couple inside a heart-shaped medallion, the first double portrait he ever attempted.", "\"I wanted to convey their lives as one beating heart,\" he said.", "While Aliyev designed the carpet and dyed the yarn, 12 young women were employed to help complete the portrait in 10 weeks.", "Heydar Aliyev presented the carpet to the Clintons in August 1997.", "George H.W.", "Bush: Komodo dragon .", "In 1990, the president of Indonesia presented a Komodo dragon to President Bush.", "Perhaps worried that the venomous, flesh-eating lizard wouldn't play nice with Millie, the first dog, Bush donated the dragon, named Naga, to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.", "Naga, who sired 32 offspring, died of an abdominal infection at the age of 24 in 2007.", "During his stay in Cincinnati, Naga was a star attraction, drawing about one million visits each year.", "Mental Floss: The bizarre history of White House pets .", "Ronald Reagan: Embroidered saddle .", "President Reagan, who was gifted 372 belt buckles while in office, also received enough tacking equipment during his time in Washington to outfit an entire stable.", "Jimmy Carter: Metamorphic portrait .", "Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo commissioned Octavio Ocampo to paint a portrait of President Carter in Ocampo's trademark metamorphic style, which juxtaposes various images within a larger image to create an optical illusion.", "Carter's image in the portrait is created out of national symbols, including buildings, flags, sailing ships, and truck convoys.", "Portillo presented the portrait to Carter in 1979.", "Richard Nixon: Edible portraits .", "A Pakistani man's gift to President Nixon required an unusual accessory to fully appreciate.", "S. Nabi Ahmed Rizvi provided a magnifying glass inside a plush blue velvet box, along with two snapshots of himself and two grains of rice.", "One grain of rice featured a portrait of Nixon as president; the other featured a portrait of a young Nixon in the Navy.", "The gift was displayed as part of the National Portrait Gallery's \"To the President: Folk Portraits by the People\" exhibit.", "John F. Kennedy: Carved peach pit .", "What better way to show your president you admire him than by carving his likeness into a peach pit?", "R.J. McErlean's remarkable ode to JFK features a portrait of Kennedy and the inscription \"President John F. Kennedy of the United States.\"", "An eagle on a shield is carved on the left side of the pit, above a depiction of Saint Christopher.", "Harry S. Truman: Bowling alley .", "A two-lane bowling alley was installed in the White House in 1947 as a birthday gift to President Truman.", "No matter that he hadn't bowled since he was 19, Truman knocked down seven pins on the first roll at the alley, which was paid for by donors from Truman's home state of Missouri and moved to the Old Executive Office Building in 1955.", "Truman didn't use the alley much himself - he was more of a poker player -- but the addition was a big hit with Truman's staff, some of whom formed a bowling league.", "Mental Floss: The White House lanes and other famous bowling alleys .", "Franklin D. Roosevelt: A giant cake .", "The birthday cake presented to FDR on the occasion of his 59th birthday was 5 feet high and weighed 300 pounds.", "The cake was a gift of the Bakery and Confectionary Workers International Union of America.", "Along with the cake, the union donated $500 to FDR's \"Fight Infantile-Paralysis\" campaign.", "Rutherford B. Hayes: Carved lemon .", "When life gives you lemons, make pigs.", "A lemon carved to look like a pig was presented to President Hayes and later featured in an exhibit at the Herbert Hoover presidential library titled, \"Weird and Wonderful: Gifts Fit For a President.\"", "Museum director Richard N. Smith said at the time, \"It looks a little like you'd expect a 110-year-old lemon to look.\"", "While she may or may not have been the inspiration for the bizarre gift, Hayes' wife, Lucy, was nicknamed \"Lemonade Lucy\" because she banned alcoholic beverages at state functions.", "Abraham Lincoln: Clothes .", "While he donated most of the wine and liquor he received to military hospitals, President Lincoln made good use of many of the other gifts showered upon him throughout his presidency.", "He was inaugurated in a suit donated by Titsworth and Brothers of Chicago, and, according to Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer, is reported to have told his wife, \"There is one thing to come out of this scrape anyhow.", "We are going to have some new clothes!\"", "Thomas Jefferson: Cheese .", "One of the earliest recorded gifts of state was the mammoth cheese presented to President Jefferson by the Republican Baptists in Cheshire, Massachusetts, in 1802.", "To celebrate Jefferson's election, town elder John Leland inspired his Baptist congregation to manufacture a 1,235-pound cheese to give to the president.", "When it was finished, the cheese was filled with milk from the town's cows, save for those owned by the hated Federalists.", "The cheese was inscribed with the phrase \"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God\" and presented to Jefferson after a month-long journey to Washington on New Year's Day 1802.", "Jefferson, who had a policy not to accept free gifts, insisted that he pay $200 for the cheese.", "Mental Floss: The maggot cheese of the Mediterranean .", "George Washington: A federal holiday .", "In 1880, Congress created \"Washington's Birthday,\" the first federal holiday to honor an American-born citizen.", "The holiday was celebrated on February 22 until 1968, when Congress moved it from its fixed day to the third Monday in February as part of the Uniform Monday Holidays Act.", "For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .", "Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "The president of Argentina gave George W. Bush 300 pounds of lamb meat .", "JFK received a carved peach pit in his likeness .", "A bowling alley was installed in the White House as a birthday gift to Truman ." ]	[ 4, 7, 35, 40 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Court of Amsterdam on Friday ordered giant oil-trading company Trafigura to pay a fine of 1 million euros ($1.3 million) for illegally dumping chemical waste in Ivory Coast in 2006.", "An employee of Trafigura and the captain of the ship that dumped the waste also were convicted, and the employee was fined 25,000 euros ($32,200), the court said.", "The United Nations says the dumping killed 15 people and sickened about 100,000 others.", "The fine was issued by a Dutch court because the ship carrying the waste belonging to Trafigura departed from the Port of Amsterdam.", "A multimillion-dollar settlement was reached in September last year between Trafigura and the law firm representing people who claimed they had become sick from the toxic waste.", "Despite the settlement, Trafigura denies any responsibility for the actions of the contractor that dumped the waste.", "It called the court's ruling Friday \"incorrect.\"", "\"The court has decided that different technical legislation is applicable than that claimed by Trafigura in its defense,\" the company said.", "It promised to study the court's findings \"carefully\" with a view to appeal.", "The convicted Trafigura employee, whom the company named as Naeem Ahmed, \"did nothing wrong,\" it said, adding it will provide him with legal assistance.", "Amnesty International immediately welcomed the fine and said it is the first time the company has been held criminally accountable for its involvement in the waste dumping.", "\"This judgment appears damning given Trafigura's previous denials of any wrongdoing,\" said Benedetta Lacey, a special advisor to Amnesty International who has visited Ivory Coast and met victims of the dumping.", "Lacey said there remain questions about the impact of the waste on the people's health, and she said the area where the waste was dumped has yet to be fully decontaminated.", "Friday's fine was also for delivering products to Amsterdam that are detrimental to health, \"and whose detrimental nature was concealed,\" the court said.", "In August and September of 2006, the cargo ship Probo Koala dumped 500 tons of toxic waste belonging to Trafigura at various sites, including waterways, around the port city of Abidjan, according to the United Nations.", "It says the waste was a liquid sludge that contained large amounts of hydrocarbons and toxic substances including hydrogen sulfide and caustic soda.", "Those who got sick complained of nausea and vomiting after inhaling fumes, the United Nations says.", "The British newspaper The Guardian last year published a draft report about the scientific nature of the waste that indicated it could cause severe human health problems.", "The author of the report, however, said the findings in the draft were superseded by other data showing the waste caused, at worst, short-term flu-like symptoms and anxiety.", "Last month, the United Nations helped set up a new laboratory in Abidjan to improve the monitoring of hazardous materials on ships entering the port, as a way to prevent toxic waste dumps there in the future." ]	[ "Dutch court orders oil giant Trafigura to pay $1.3 million fine .", "The fine relates to toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast in 2006 .", "A Trafigura employee and a ship captain also are convicted .", "Trafigura has denied responsibility for the waste dumping ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Roberto Sanchez, the Argentine singer known as \"Sandro\" and who drew comparisons to Elvis Presley, died Monday night after complications from surgery, his doctor told reporters.", "He was 64. Sandro's romantic ballads made him a star in the 1960s, but he first found the limelight as rock and roll singer who imitated Elvis' style.", "In his long career, Sandro recorded dozens of albums and also acted in 16 movies, according to the Web site Rock.com.ar.", "He is considered one of the pioneers of the Spanish Rock movement.", "The singer was also known as \"El Gitano,\" or \"the Gypsy,\" because of his family's Roma roots.", "Some accounts place Sandro as the first Latino artist to sell out Madison Square Garden in New York.", "Sandro died at the Italian Hospital in Mendoza, Argentina, where he was being treated for complications from a heart and lung transplant last month.", "He is survived by his wife, Olga Garaventa.", "Funeral arrangements are pending." ]	[ "Argentine singer Roberto Sanchez dies at age 64 following surgery complications, his doctor says .", "Performance style in the 1960s drew comparisons to Elvis Presley .", "\"Sandro\" was considered one of pioneers of Latin rock music movement .", "Singer also nicknamed \"El Gitano\" or \"The Gypsy\" because of his family's Roma roots ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A mudslide triggered by torrential rains may have buried up to 800 villagers in southern Taiwan, media reports said Monday, as the country counted the cost of its worst flooding in decades.", "A girl is carried out from mudslide caused by Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan on Monday.", "The death toll so far in Taiwan stands at 15, with 55 missing and 32 hurt, since Typhoon Morakot struck the island Friday and remained in the area over the weekend before crashing into eastern China, state-run China Daily reported.", "Rescuers using military helicopters managed to pluck more than 100 people to safety in the village of Hsiao Lin, as rains washed out roads and bridges in Kaohsiung County, severing all land vehicle traffic, Taiwan's Central News Agency said.", "Locals estimated there were about 5,000-6,000 people in the mountainous village when the typhoon struck.", "Journalist Andrew Lee told CNN that it was difficult to know the exact number of people stranded or dead because \"SOS\" reports were still filtering in, and damaged communication and power lines were being repaired.", "Watch more about the rescue effort » .", "He cited one report coming in that said 30 bodies had been spotted floating on the water close to a bridge in the area.", "According to Lee, a number of other villages in the region had been washed away or buried by mudslides, with local government officials unable to determine the number of casualties.", "Meanwhile, government officials said 1.5 million homes across the island were without electricity, and 440,000 were without water.", "Watch as six-storey hotel topples over » .", "The storm -- measuring about 1,600 kilometers (about 1,000 miles) across -- continued to pummel China's populous east coast, but forecasters said it is unlikely that Morakot would reach Shanghai, the country's largest city, which sits farther north along the coast.", "Chinese government officials expect the typhoon to cause more than 8.5 million yuan ($1.2 billion) in damages, the newspaper said.", "The storm made landfall in the coastal area of Beibi town, Xiapu county, in Fujian province, about 4:20 p.m. Sunday (4:20 a.m. Sunday ET), according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.", "Morakot's winds were clocked at 118 kilometers per hour (73 mph) in its eye, according to the province's meteorological bureau, as cited by Xinhua.", "Five houses were destroyed as the front of the typhoon brought flooding rains to Wenzhou city in neighboring Zhejiang province just after 8 a.m. Sunday, Xinhua said.", "Three adults and a 4-year-old boy were buried in debris about 8 a.m. Rescuers could not save the child, the city's flood-control headquarters told the news agency.", "Watch a dog escape as house is swept away » .", "A \"red alert\" -- the highest degree in danger levels -- was issued in Zhejiang, where more than 35,000 vessels were called back from sea, China Daily reported, citing provincial flood control officials.", "More than 300 homes collapsed, and more than 16,000 hectares (39,500 acres) were flooded, Xinhua said.", "The city's airport was closed and 56 roads were rendered impassable.", "As the eye of the storm reached Beibi, the sky turned completely dark, and people caught in rainstorms staggered as they used flashlights to see, Xinhua reported.", "Trees were uprooted and torn apart by damaging winds.", "Farmers tried to recapture large numbers of fish, flushed from mudflat fish farms by high winds, Xinhua said.", "Nearly 1 million people were evacuated from Fujian and Zhejiang provinces as Morakot approached.", "Late Friday, the storm lashed Taiwan, killing two people, wounding 15 and cutting power to about 650,000 households, according to Hong Kong's Metro Radio.", "Meanwhile, another storm hit western Japan on Monday, with 13 people confirmed dead.", "Twenty others were missing, police said.", "Among the victims of Typhoon Etau was a 68-year-old woman who died when a landslide caused a hill to collapse on her home in Okayama prefecture, police said.", "In neighboring Hyogo prefecture, an 86-year-old woman was found dead in her flooded house and a 54-year-old man in his submerged car.", "Officials expect the number of victims to rise as torrential rains continue.", "CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki and Eileen Hsieh contributed to this report." ]	[ "Report: 600 villagers buried in mudslide in southern Taiwan .", "Typhoon Morakot's winds clocked at 118 kilometers per hour (73 mph) in its eye .", "Nearly 1 million people evacuated from China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces .", "Another typhoon hit west Japan on Monday, with 12 people confirmed dead ." ]	[ 14, 24, 26 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Over the past year, searchers have taken to the woods, waterways and even the skies over Bolingbrook, Illinois.", "They've looked, and then they've looked again.", "Stacy Peterson disappeared on October 28, 2007, and police consider her husband the prime suspect.", "But there's been no sign of Stacy Peterson, the 23-year-old fourth wife of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson.", "Police have named Peterson a suspect in his wife's disappearance.", "He maintains he is innocent, and says she ran off with another man.", "The Peterson case has become a cable television staple and has spawned several books.", "But as Stacy Peterson's disappearance approaches the one-year mark, police seem no closer to solving the mystery than they were on October 28, 2007.", "That morning, a Sunday, Drew Peterson, now 54, says he awoke at his suburban tract home to find his wife gone.", "He says he received a phone call from her at 9 p.m. She said that she was leaving him, Peterson says.", "Police confirm there was some activity on Stacy Peterson's cell phone around 9 p.m. on October 28, but her family and close friends say she would never leave her two children behind or go away without mentioning it to her family.", "In the days leading up to her disappearance, Stacy Peterson confided in friends and her sister.", "She said she was afraid of her husband and wanted to leave him, according to her sister, Cassandra Cales.", "\"If anything happens to me, he killed me.", "It wasn't an accident,\" Cales quoted her as saying.", "Watch how the case has unfolded » .", "At 10 a.m. that Sunday morning, Stacy Peterson called a friend and scheduled an afternoon appointment.", "It was the last time anyone in her close circle of family and friends heard from her.", "She never showed up for the appointment, and was not seen or heard from again.", "Worried, Cales called the police that Monday, October 29, and reported her sister missing.", "The media frenzy and police scrutiny soon revealed that Drew Peterson's third wife had died mysteriously a few years before while in the throes of a nasty divorce.", "Kathleen Savio died just before the division of the marital assets was finalized, making Drew Peterson the sole beneficiary.", "Savio was found drowned in the dry bathtub of her home.", "At the time, the death was ruled an accidental drowning.", "But her family continued to insist that Savio died as a result of foul play.", "The investigation into Stacy Peterson's disappearance brought renewed interest in Savio's death.", "Authorities exhumed Savio's body, further tests were conducted, and her death has now been ruled a \"homicide staged to look like an accident.\"", "Witness statements that have been leaked to the media portray Drew Peterson as jealous, possessive and controlling.", "He was said to keep such close track of his wife that he frequently called her on her cell phone and appeared unannounced at social outings to take her home.", "This caused tension in the marriage, the witnesses told police.", "Police named Drew Peterson as the prime suspect in his wife's disappearance in November 2007.", "He has not been charged in the case, but he has been charged with illegal gun possession, which could put him behind bars for up to five years if he is convicted.", "Drew Peterson continues to insist that his wife left of her own accord and ran off with another man.", "Asked why he believes this, he responds that she called him and told him so.", "He also says that she had a number of younger male friends during their marriage.", "He adds that although it is embarrassing for him to admit it, he often had to deal with her flirtations.", "He paints himself as a victim left holding their household together and raising their children while living under an umbrella of suspicion and near-constant police and media scrutiny.", "Watch how he failed a lie detector test » .", "The investigation remains open and police and family urge anyone with information about Stacy Peterson's whereabouts to call 815-740-0678 or the family tip line: 866-847-5143.", "A $35,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to Stacy Peterson or to the conviction of the person responsible for harming her.", "She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 100 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.", "She has a blue and yellow carnation tattoo on the small of her back and red cherries tattooed on her left front hip." ]	[ "Stacy Peterson disappeared on October 28, 2007 .", "She was in a tumultuous marriage with a possessive husband, friends say .", "Drew Peterson, an ex-cop, is prime suspect, but says she ran off .", "Tip?", "Call 815-740-0678 or the family tip line, 866-847-5143." ]	[ 2, 5, 38 ]
[ "Miami, Florida (CNN) -- They're at the top of the ocean's food chain -- but it is still a mystery how the oil disaster is affecting the shark population in the Gulf of Mexico.", "Even if sharks never touch the oil slick, their sources of oxygen and food are at risk.", "And a reduced shark population could impact the entire Gulf ecosystem, according to Neil Hammerschlag, a researcher at the University of Miami, who has been studying sharks for a decade -- tagging them to determine their migratory patterns and other behaviors.", "Today, his research focus has changed.", "\"The oil spill opens up a whole new avenue for critical research,\" says Hammerschlag.", "As with most weekends, Hammerschlag leads a university research team packed into a boat with interns and high school students, to fish for sharks.", "They research the impact of the oil on sharks and other species of fish in the Gulf of Mexico.", "Because sharks eat nearly everything beneath them on the food chain, they provide a lot of information about the ecosystem.", "\"If you see high levels of oil in a shark, you better believe it's in the whole food chain,\" says Hammerschlag's assistant, Austin Gallagher.", "In order to take biological samples from the sharks, first they must be caught.", "Ten lines are baited in areas believed to be attractive to sharks.", "\"Sharks don't chew their food they swallow it,\" Hammerschlag says.", "The lines are equipped with special circle-shaped hooks to prevent the sharks from harming themselves when they swallow the bait.", "Swallowing a circle hook, with an inward point does not hurt the shark, Hammerschlag says.", "The shark swallows the bait and, as it starts to swim away, the hook turns and catches the animal's jaw.", "He compares it to a lip piercing.", "\"It heals very, very quickly,\" he says.", "Once a shark is on the line, it is pulled up to the side of the boat.", "Larger sharks are kept in the water.", "The researchers lean over the side of the boat and gather tissue and blood samples, before attaching a tag to the fin.", "The process usually takes just a few minutes from the time it is reeled in until the shark's release.", "The information has been used for creating protected marine areas, as well as medical research.", "Large sharks that migrate long distances -- bull, hammerhead, and tiger sharks -- are outfitted with satellite tracking devices with sensors.", "When the shark breaks the water's surface, its location is sent to a satellite.", "Hammerschlag then receives an e-mail containing the coordinates.", "The data on the sharks' movement -- published on the University of Miami's website -- will tell researchers whether the sharks encounter the oil in the Gulf of Mexico.", "Hammerschlag thinks the odds are high that sharks will swim through water filled with oil, but he can't be certain because there's no precedent.", "He's hopeful the sharks can outsmart the environmental disaster.", "\"There is a possibility that these animals might be able to anticipate the oil and sense the oil and actually move away from it,\" he said.", "Swimming through the oil could be deadly for sharks.", "\"Sharks breathe through the water,\" says Hammerschlag.", "\"They take in the water, the water goes over their gills and they extract oxygen out of the water.\"", "If the water is mixed with oil, it would hinder their normal breathing pattern, he says.", "It's still too early in Hammerschlag's research to determine whether sharks are swimming through the oil.", "\"Hurley\" the hammerhead shark had transmitted a signal nearly every day for three months, until just a couple of days after the rig explosion that caused the oil spill.", "\"The tag could have failed or it could have headed off somewhere else into deep water and just not come up in the last few months,\" Hammerschlag says.", "\"But that's very unlike the shark's characteristics.\"", "Either way, as long as there are fish in the oiled area, Hammerschlag and his team will be looking at the effects on sharks.", "\"You know, there's fishing areas closed in the Gulf of Mexico because they don't want people catching and eating that fish,\" he said.", "\"But I don't know if the sharks got the memo.\"" ]	[ "Researcher Neil Hammerschlag has been tracking sharks for 10 years .", "Now, his research is focusing on the impact of the oil spill .", "Hammerschlag and his team catch sharks, then tag them with transmitters .", "It's still unclear if the sharks are avoiding the oil spill ." ]	[ 2, 6, 33 ]
[ "TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNN) -- Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian was convicted Friday on corruption and money laundering charges, and was sentenced to life in prison, according to officials at Taipei City Court.", "Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian walks inside the Taipei Detention Centre in Tucheng on Friday.", "He was fined 200 million New Taiwan dollars (U.S.$6.1 million) as well.", "Chen's wife, Wu Shu-chen, who earlier had been convicted of lying to prosecutors, also was convicted on similar charges.", "She received a life sentence and was fined 300 million New Taiwan dollars (U.S. $9.1 million), according to the Central News Agency, Taiwan's official news agency.", "The former president was not at the courthouse when the verdict was read.", "He had asked to be excused and was being held at a detention center.", "Supporters of Chen gathered outside the courthouse hours before the verdict, wearing bright-green shirts, and carrying yellow balloons and banners.", "Riot police stood by in case the crowd got out of control as they protested the verdict.", "The former president's corruption trial began in March.", "It is the first for a former head of state, and has gripped the island for months.", "He has denied wrongdoing and has said the charges are politically motivated.", "Prosecutors say Chen embezzled 600 million New Taiwan dollars (U.S.$17.7 million), took bribes, laundered money and illegally removed classified documents from the president's office.", "Chen has countered that the bribe money was actually political donations.", "He has also said that a special presidential fund from which he is accused of embezzling does not clearly say what the money can and cannot be used for.", "Ahead of Friday's verdict, the island's former first lady was sentenced to a year in prison for lying in her husband's corruption case.", "Wu was convicted on charges that she helped her son, daughter and son-in-law provide false testimony.", "Prosecutors said the former first couple's son has a Swiss bank account with $22 million they think are illegal proceeds.", "The challenge for prosecutors was to prove that Chen handed out political favors in exchange for money.", "The former president said he was being persecuted politically by his successor.", "Chen's party favors independence for Taiwan.", "His successor, President Ma Ying-jeou, favors closer ties with mainland China.", "Journalist Yin Chen contributed to this report." ]	[ "Riot police stand by, as Chen supporters gather outside courthouse .", "Prosecutors: Chen embezzled 600 million New Taiwan dollars (U.S. $17.7 million)\nFormer first lady Wu Shu-chen receives same sentence .", "Wu Shu-chen was also convicted last week of lying to prosecutors ." ]	[ 3, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The state of Florida must fund some of Casey Anthony's defense in her first-degree murder trial for the death of daughter Caylee, a judge ruled Friday.", "\"All costs submitted shall be in compliance with the Ninth Judicial Circuit's caps and rates and are subject to further review,\" Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland said in a order issued Friday.", "Anthony's defense team told the court Thursday that she was broke and could not bear expenses associated with her defense.", "In Friday's order, Strickland granted Anthony's request to be declared indigent, which means the state will pay expenses related to her defense on a discretionary basis except for private attorney's fees.", "Under Florida law, there is a presumption that a defendant is not indigent if he or she has assets of $2,500 or more, excluding the value of a home and one vehicle having a net value less than $5,000.", "The \"expectancy\" of money is also taken into consideration.", "Defense lawyers testified Thursday that there were not any book or movie deals on the horizon for Anthony.", "A spokeswoman for the DePaul Center for Justice in Capital Cases praised the ruling.", "\"The defense is pleased that this ruling came after an analysis of supplementary documents detailing the defense's income and expenditures, which were deemed by the court to meet the legal standards for the determination of indigency for costs,\" Liz Brown said.", "\"After consistent misinformation from legal analysts, bloggers, and commentators, the defense hopes this ruling ends inappropriate speculation regarding any misuse of funds and looks forward to Miss Anthony's day in court.\"", "Anthony's lead attorney, Jose Baez, and Chicago death penalty attorney Andrea Lyon said in a four-page motion that they are not asking the state to pay their legal fees.", "They asked for assistance with fees for the service of subpoenas, investigations, travel, experts to interpret forensic evidence, expert witness fees and the cost of depositions.", "The defense attorneys argued that Anthony is entitled to financial assistance under the Constitution's Sixth Amendment, which protects her right to a fair trial.", "Because prosecutors have indicated they are seeking the death penalty, Anthony also is entitled to \"the unique standard of care required for a capital defense,\" the attorneys assert.", "Caylee Anthony's body was found in a lot near her grandparents' home in December 2008.", "The grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony, have been supportive of Casey Anthony but now are fighting foreclosure, according to a complaint filed by Bank of America.", "Baez testified Thursday that the defense received and spent about $275,000 over the past year and a half.", "Of that, $5,000 came from an anonymous donor; $70,000 came from a former defense attorney, Todd Macaluso; and $200,000 came from ABC through a \"deal\" with Anthony.", "The terms of the deal were not released.", "That money, Baez said, was spent on defense costs including travel, depositions and retention of experts.", "\"It's been quite an expensive task,\" he said.", "Baez, who testified that he has spent about 2,500 hours on the case, has been paid an estimated $89,454, according to financial affidavits released by the court and written in what appears to be Casey Anthony's handwriting.", "Lyon has received $22,500 but testified Thursday that all of that money went back into costs associated with the case.", "\"There's not a dime\" left, she said.", "Anthony wrote that both attorneys \"were or are being paid by myself\" and said her income is \"zero\" and her assets are \"zero.\"", "She did not list her debts or liabilities.", "Two more attorneys, Linda Kenney Baden and Cheney Mason, testified that they are working pro bono -- for free -- on the case." ]	[ "NEW: Defense hopes ruling will end \"inappropriate speculation regarding any misuse of funds\"\nCasey Anthony's lawyers said she was broke, asked for help funding investigation, experts .", "Her lawyers said Anthony was entitled to financial aid under Sixth Amendment .", "Anthony faces death penalty in death of 2-year-old daughter Caylee ." ]	[ 0, 9, 12, 23 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York has scrapped a proposal that would have raised taxes on items such as sugary soft drinks, iTunes downloads and haircuts, Gov.", "David Paterson said Wednesday.", "New York has dropped proposed tax hikes on items such as haircuts, soft drinks and clothing under $100.", "Paterson said he was dropping a number of proposed taxes after the Legislature agreed to use $1.3 billion in federal stimulus money to help balance the state's budget next year.", "\"The proposed tax increases we are eliminating today were only put forward as a last resort when the deficit ballooned to an unprecedented level,\" Paterson said in a written statement.", "The tax hikes were proposed in December, as part of an attempt to close a $14 billion budget deficit for the state's next fiscal year.", "Paterson said proposals were being dropped for taxes on sugary soft drinks, clothing under $110, haircuts, manicures, cable and satellite television, digital services such as iTunes downloads, concerts, movies, golf, live theater and health clubs.", "The high-profile proposed taxes had drawn widespread criticism from New Yorkers.", "In a statement, Paterson said the federal funding could not serve as an \"excuse to avoid the tough choices we must inevitably make to get our fiscal house in order.", "Federal funding will cover only a fraction of our overall budget deficit, and the economic outlook remains uncertain, so we must ensure that we use this aid in a responsible manner that strengthens our state's long-term finances.\"", "Budget negotiations are ongoing." ]	[ "New York drops proposed taxes on iTunes downloads, haircuts .", "Gov.", "David Paterson plans to use federal stimulus money to balance state budget .", "Tax hikes were proposed to close $14 billion budget deficit ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3, 5 ]
[ "(Coastal Living) -- There's a stillness that permeates the streets -- and the water -- in Irvington, Virginia.", "The glasslike surface of Carter's Creek is so calm you can't help but touch it to see if you'll cause a ripple.", "The scent of warm, dry grass fills the air.", "Colors appear softer.", "It feels almost magical.", "Irvington, Virginia, is three hours from Washington, D.C., and 90 minutes from Richmond and Norfolk.", "But wander around a bit and you'll discover something more: an energy beneath the quiet facade.", "A former steamboat port, Irvington is reestablishing itself as the hub of the state's Northern Neck.", "Just three hours from Washington, D.C., and 90 minutes from Richmond and Norfolk, the town that George Washington called the \"Garden of Virginia\" still serves as a quiet getaway from the city.", "But now it also offers two fine inns, several upscale restaurants and trendy shops.", "The Dandelion -- once a church parsonage -- fills its two floors with apparel, accessories and gifts.", "Across the street, Avolon specializes in hip designer clothing, and, two doors down, Khakis offers way more than neutral slacks.", "River Cottage's 19th-century building is as captivating as its merchandise: Check out the wavy-glass windows and original flooring from Washington, D.C.'s historic Willard Hotel.", "Owner Paul Carlson welcomes clientele to browse his hodgepodge of Peacock Alley linens, Maine Cottage furniture, Zekiah stained glass and Hobie kayaks.", "At The Bay Window, Nancy Drake, Candy Terry and Mary Ragland provide knitting supplies and classes.", "\"It's so quiet here,\" Mary says.", "\"This is truly country.\"", "She's right. Locals spend time outdoors.", "Nightlife consists of gazing at stars in the velvety sky.", "It also consists of dining at Irvington's sophisticated but playful social mecca, Trick Dog Cafe.", "Many patrons return for homegrown dishes, prepared by chefs Jeffrey Johnson and Tony Filiberti and flavored with ingredients harvested within 10 to 15 miles of town.", "Although still largely undiscovered, Irvington revels in its new identity as a destination -- thanks in part to the Tides Inn.", "Renovated in 2002, the 480-acre resort features 106 rooms overlooking Carter's Creek and a 64-slip marina.", "Four on-site restaurants include the Chesapeake Club for local seafood and regional cuisine.", "Guests can golf, bike, play croquet, and take sailing lessons at the resort's Premier Sailing School.", "For a more eclectic getaway, The Hope and Glory Inn's recently refreshed accommodations comprise seven rooms in an 1890 schoolhouse, plus six cottages.", "Owner Dudley Patteson says he encourages guests to \"step away from what's going on in life and reconnect.\"", "That's easy to do this time of year, when autumn brightens the town's trees, and straw-color mums decorate Victorian porches on King Carter Drive.", "Irvington, even with its metropolitan touches, offers its visitors a low-key respite from daily life.", "In this \"Garden of Virginia,\" the harvest may just be peace and quiet.", "If you go ... For general information, visit townofirvington.com.", "Sweet Dreams: Rates at the Tides Inn start at $210; 800/843-3746 or tidesinn.com.", "Rates at The Hope and Glory Inn start at $165; 800/497-8228 or hopeandglory.com.", "Cuisine: The Chesapeake Club at the Tides Inn (reservations recommended); 800/843-3746 or tidesinn.com.", "If you stay at The Hope and Glory Inn on a Saturday, make reservations at the Chef's Table for a four-course meal paired with wines selected by the chef; 800/497-8228 or hopeandglory.com.", "The Trick Dog Cafe (reservations recommended); 804/438-1055.", "The Local serves gourmet coffees and sandwiches, and doubles as an Internet café; 804/438-9356.", "Shops 'n' Such: Avolon; 804/438-6793.", "The Bay Window; 804/438-6636.", "The Dandelion; 804/438-5194 or thedandelion.com.", "Khakis; 804/438-6779 or khakisofirvington.com.", "The River Cottage; 804/438-9007 or therivercottage.net.", "Local Attractions: Try your hand at grape harvesting during the Irvington Stomp, September 1 this year; 804/438-5559 or irvingtonstomp.com.", "The Steamboat Era Museum gives visitors a glimpse into vessels that helped shape cities and towns along the Chesapeake; 804/438-6888 or steamboateramuseum.org.", "For a more reverent experience, visit Historic Christ Church, a restored Colonial-era church and national landmark; 804/438-6855 or christchurch1735.org.", "E-mail to a friend .", "Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com .", "Copyright © Coastal Living, 2009 ." ]	[ "Irvington, Virginia, is just three hours from Washington, D.C.", "The former steamboat port is drawing more weekend visitors .", "The 480-acre Tides Inn resort is one reason for Irvington's higher profile ." ]	[ 5, 7 ]
[ "Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed U.S. concerns about Myanmar's reported military ties to North Korea and its potential impact on the region during a visit to Vietnam Thursday.", "\"We know that a ship from North Korea recently delivered military equipment to Burma and we continue to be concerned by the reports that Burma may be seeking assistance from North Korea with regard to a nuclear program,\" Clinton said.", "Myanmar was formerly known as Burma.", "Clinton's comments came after meetings with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem.", "In June, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, a key member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, postponed a trip to Myanmar out of concern that Myanmar's government was working with North Korea on the development of a nuclear program.", "At the time, Webb noted that \"a defecting officer from [Myanmar's] military claims direct knowledge of such plans, and reportedly has furnished documents to corroborate his claims.\"", "Webb said it was unclear \"whether these allegations have substantive merit.\"", "However, in light of the U.S. State Department's recent accusation that Myanmar has violated a U.N. Security Council resolution \"with respect to a suspected shipment of arms from North Korea, there are now two unresolved matters related to activities of serious concern between these two countries.\"", "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, Regional Forum begins in Friday in Hanoi.", "Developments in Myanmar are likely to be a popular topic of discussion at the summit.", "A military junta has ruled Myanmar since 1962 and preparing to hold its first elections in 20 years, but no date has been announced." ]	[ "The United States has concerns about Myanmar-North Korea military ties .", "North Korea may be helping Myanmar develop a nuclear program .", "Myanmar may have received a shipment of arms from North Korea ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- More than 1,000 Russians have drowned recently as they attempted to find relief from a stifling heat wave -- many of them after drinking alcohol, officials said.", "Vadim Seryogin, a department head at Russia's Emergencies Ministry, told reporters Wednesday that 49 people, including two children, had drowned in the last day.", "More than 1,200 total have drowned, 223 of them between July 5 and July 12.", "\"The majority of those drowned were drunk,\" Seryogin said.", "\"The children died because adults simply did not look after them.\"", "A heat wave settled over Russia in mid-June, according to the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency.", "The region has experienced record-breaking heat, with temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).", "The heat has caused an emergency situation in Russia, according to a column on RIA-Novosti.", "Officials have urged citizens to take a siesta in the afternoon to avoid the hottest part of the day.", "Cases of heat stroke and sunburn have increased in children, and adults with heart problems and diabetes are suffering complications.", "Asphalt softened in the heat has been blamed for traffic accidents.", "A state of emergency has been declared in 14 regions, and some areas are facing water shortages as wells dry up.", "The heat has exacerbated a smog problem, as well, the RIA-Novosti column said, adding Russia has not experienced such heat in 130 years.", "Winter and spring crops are withering under the heat, the column said." ]	[ "Two children among those who drowned this week .", "Alcohol is thought to have played a role in many drownings .", "Russia is sweltering under historic heat wave ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A prominent supporter of Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday compared Bill Clinton's appeals for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, in South Carolina to the tactics used by a former Republican strategist that are infamous within Democratic circles.", "Former President Bill Clinton responds to a reporter who asked him about criticism from the Obama campaign.", "When asked about the comparison, the former president reacted with disapproval, saying it was a distraction from what voters really cared about.", "In an interview with CNN, Dick Harpootlian, a former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party and an Obama backer, said some of Clinton's recent remarks on the campaign trail were appeals based on race and gender, meant to \"suppress the vote, demoralize voters and distort the record.\"", "Harpootlian said the remarks were \"reminiscent of Lee Atwater,\" a hard-hitting Republican strategist who worked for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W.", "Bush and whose tactics were reviled by many Democrats.", "Atwater died in 1991.", "When CNN's Jessica Yellin asked Clinton about Harpootlian's comments, Clinton disputed the charge and lashed out, saying: \"You live for this.", "This hurts the people of South Carolina.\"", "Watch Clinton rebuke the media » .", "\"Because the people of South Carolina come to these meetings and ask questions about what they care about, \" he said.", "\"And what they care about is not what's going to be in the news coverage tonight, because you don't care about it.\"", "\"What you care about is this. And the Obama people know that.", "So they just spin you up on this and you happily go along,\" Clinton told Yellin.", "\"And that's not right. That is not right. This election ought to belong to those people who are out here asking questions about their lives.\"", "The former president's angry response comes just days before the South's first Democratic contest on Saturday and is the latest in a series of heated exchanges between the Obama and Clinton camps.", "Sen. Hillary Clinton is focusing her attention on states with contests next month on \"Super Tuesday,\" leaving the campaigning for this week's South Carolina primary to her husband.", "South Carolina's primary is the Democrats' last big contest before Super Tuesday on February 5, when two dozen states hold primaries or caucuses.", "The senator from New York is zigzagging across the country, while Bill Clinton makes the rounds in South Carolina and doubles up the attacks on Obama.", "Obama sees his rival's absence as a good thing, according to Christian Broadcasting Network correspondent David Brody, who interviewed the senator from Illinois on Tuesday.", "\"He believes that it is a sign, in essence, the fact that she's leaving the state -- that that bodes well for him,\" Brody said.", "\"He was talking about the fact that she had said that ... he's not running against Bill Clinton.", "But then, at the same time, Bill Clinton is here in South Carolina by proxy, running against Barack Obama down here in South Carolina.\"", "The 42nd president has been immersed in the intense, back-and-forth exchanges between his wife and Obama, who said this week in a debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that he sometimes can't tell which one he's running against in the race.", "The former president has attacked Obama in recent days, accusing him of overstating his opposition to the Iraq war, complaining about Obama's union supporters in the Nevada caucuses last weekend and blasting his remarks on former President Reagan in a newspaper interview.", "Watch the battle brewing between the Clintons and Obama » .", "Clinton on Wednesday tried to distance himself from the attacks, telling a CNN correspondent that the rhetoric was \"crazy\" and \"getting a little carried away.\"", "But earlier in the day, the Clinton campaign launched a radio ad in South Carolina that takes another jab at Obama, highlighting some of his recent comments on the Republican Party.", "The ad plays a portion of his interview with the Reno Journal-Gazette in which Obama said in part, \"The Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10, 15 years.\"", "The ad's narrator asks, \"Really?", "Aren't those the ideas that got us into the economic mess we're in today?", "Ideas like special tax breaks for Wall Street?\"", "The narrator goes on to say, \"Running up a $9 trillion debt.", "Refusing to raise the minimum wage or deal with the housing crisis.", "Are those the ideas Barack Obama's talking about?\"", "Obama's campaign has said the Clintons are mischaracterizing his comments, and Obama spokesman Bill Burton called it a \"negative, dishonest attack.\"", "Watch what the exchanges could mean for the election » .", "\"The fact that Hillary Clinton has praised Ronald Reagan and supported some of the very worst Republican ideas just underscores that she will say or do anything to get elected,\" Burton said.", "CNN political analyst Gloria Borger said the Clintons \"know exactly what they are doing.\"", "\"This may be a very smart political strategy for them.", "They've gotten Obama a little bit off his game right now because he's busy responding to Bill Clinton, and that's not what he wanted to be doing,\" Borger said.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Candy Crowley, Alexander Mooney, Rebecca Sinderbrand, Jessica Yellin and Brian Todd contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Obama supporter says Clinton's appeals remind him of Lee Atwater's tactics .", "NEW: Bill Clinton rebukes reporter for asking about comments .", "Hillary Clinton focuses on other states, while husband campaigns in South Carolina .", "Barack Obama has said at times he feels like he is running against both Clintons ." ]	[ 0, 6, 21, 22 ]
[ "Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- It was an ethnic twist on an American classic, the kind of thing that some people consider appealing and others frightening.", "Pinto beans, diced tomatoes, salsa and jalapenos top a hot dog that's grilled to perfection.", "It's 10 o'clock on a Saturday night at ground zero in the immigration debate.", "The hot dog vendor, a woman from the Mexican state of Sinaloa, would normally be doing a brisk business.", "Her cart is across the street from a popular Latino dance club that used to be frequented by Mexican-Americans but is now normally crammed with Mexican immigrants.", "No mas. \"The city feels abandoned,\" the woman tells me in Spanish.", "\"Everyone has left.\"", "It sure looks that way during a drive though the city's predominantly Latino west side, with its abandoned buildings, deserted homes and empty parks.", "Since April, when Gov.", "Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 to punish illegal immigrants for the sins of the employers who hire them, estimates are that tens of thousands of illegal immigrants have left Arizona for a warmer climate in Utah, Colorado, Texas or New Mexico.", "Last week, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton struck down four of the most grotesque and illogical parts of the law, including the requirement that local police attempt to determine the immigration status of individuals they suspect of being in the country illegally and language making it a crime to solicit work.", "I have been watching this drama play out from California.", "But as someone who lived in Arizona about 10 years ago, I needed a closer look to see what life is like in this desert metropolis now that the law has taken effect -- or rather, what's left of it.", "I'm a U.S. citizen; my parents and three of my four grandparents were born in the United States.", "When I lived here a decade ago, I was struck by how comfortable Latinos and whites seemed with one another.", "There was the occasional conflict, but more often there was compromise and cooperation, even on the issue of immigration.", "Today a heated debate has produced hard feelings.", "The everyday interactions between Latinos and whites are much more frayed than when I was covering Phoenix as a reporter for The Arizona Republic.", "Seventy percent of whites, according to polls, support SB 1070 but 70 percent of Latinos oppose it.", "Until the judge's decision, there were many whites who were happy the state was taking action against illegal immigration; now they're unhappy with the judge's ruling, meaning almost every group in the state is up in arms for one reason or another.", "I ask the hot dog vendor how \"los Americanos\" -- her landlord, the people at the supermarket, etc.", "-- are treating her. \"Everyone is different,\" she says.", "\"Some are friendly. Others look at you funny, like you're not welcomed.\"", "I think about my question.", "Unwittingly, I had invited her to engage in the same kind of racial profiling that most opponents of SB 1070 deplore.", "She prefers instead to judge people as individuals and not generalize based on stereotypes.", "Good for her. I wonder if this woman is available to give seminars to Arizona law enforcement officers who might soon find themselves in need of that skill set.", "Later, I interviewed a married couple who came to the United States legally but lapsed into illegal status when their visa expired.", "They should have gone back to Mexico, but they'd already put down roots in Phoenix, where the husband could earn at least 10 times what he could make in Mexico.", "We talked about how some conservatives insist that illegal immigrants take jobs from U.S. workers.", "\"That's not true,\" says the husband, who's worked his way up from manual labor to an office job for a jeweler.", "\"Americans are lazy.", "They don't want to work.\" But then, he catches himself -- and corrects himself.", "\"I shouldn't say that,\" he says. \"They're not all like that, but some are. They're spoiled. They think it's easy to come to the United States legally, and they speak from ignorance.\"", "It's interesting that even in a state that recently made it legal for police officers to make assumptions and jump to conclusions about who is or isn't an illegal immigrant, there are illegal immigrants who are fair-minded enough not to make assumptions and jump to conclusions about the rest of us.", "No matter what Bolton decided, the hot dog vendor is still worried.", "She thinks a lot of Phoenix police officers and county sheriff deputies, under the command of cartoonish Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, have been champing at the bit for a law like this to give them an excuse to hassle people with brown skin.", "People like that, she says, won't let the judge's ruling get in the way of enforcing a law which they support.", "Since the law took effect, Arpaio's deputies have raided residences thought to be \"drop houses,\" where illegal immigrant smugglers harbor their human cargo.", "No wonder immigrants are afraid.", "Those who haven't left the state are living as shut-ins.", "They go outside when they have to go to work.", "Otherwise, they stay behind closed doors.", "There is another kind of racism at play here.", "You've heard how Arizona tried to empower local police to arrest gardeners and housekeepers to crack down on Mexican drug dealers.", "Baloney. That's just how the state's anti-immigrant efforts are packaged for public consumption.", "The Mexican drug dealer is the Willie Horton of the immigration debate.", "I get it. What are nativists supposed to do?", "Convince Arizonans that the nannies they give their babies to every day are dangerous, that the gardeners to whom they volunteer their security code are a threat.", "You need drug dealers in this dialogue.", "Who else are people going to be afraid of?", "Not a hot dog vendor.", "Think about where that woman was from -- Sinaloa.", "That state is the capital of the Mexican drug trafficking industry.", "It's quite simple.", "If you're from Sinaloa and you sell drugs, you can live a luxurious life in Mexico.", "If you sell hot dogs, you work long, hot nights in the desert.", "Arizonans are ginning up fear of one to rid their state of the other.", "I finish my second hot dog -- the best I've tasted this side of Coney Island -- and pay the bill.", "Oh, by the way, I ask the woman: \"What's your name?\"", "She smiles, looks away and shakes her head.", "She won't tell me. She must figure, why take chances?", "For immigrants, there's enough of that going on already in this city, where just getting in a car or walking down the street can be a high-stakes gamble.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ruben Navarrette Jr." ]	[ "New immigration law adds to tension in Arizona, says Ruben Navarrette Jr.", "Illegal immigrants on edge even though judge blocked worse parts of law, he says .", "Navarrette: Some have left Arizona in search of a better climate in other states .", "Law is polarizing; whites support it strongly and Latinos opposing it, Navarrette says ." ]	[ 9, 12, 15, 18, 63 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Lawmakers have scheduled a hearing Thursday to look into the recall of popular pediatric medicines by drugmaker McNeil Consumer Healthcare, which has initiated four recalls of its products in the past seven months.", "Among those testifying will be Colleen Goggins, the worldwide chairman of Johnson and Johnson, of which McNeil is a division.", "The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform also invited Johnson and Johnson Chief Executive William Weldon, but he declined to attend because of health reasons.", "A panel of Food and Drug Administration officials will also be at the hearing.", "The recalls include popular over-the-counter drugs such as Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl.", "More information on recalled products .", "Fifty children's versions of these nonprescription medicines were also recalled on May 1 because of quality and safety concerns.", "McNeil has maintained that its recall of the children's drugs was not \"undertaken on the basis of adverse medical events\" but as a precautionary measure.", "Adverse event reports are consumer complaints of a serious side effect associated with the use of a medical product, according to the FDA.", "Adverse events could include death, hospitalization, disability and other health complications.", "Following the pediatric medicine recall, Johnson and Johnson suspended production at McNeil's facility in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania that manufactured the children's drugs.", "On Tuesday, the drugmaker outlined steps to remedy serious quality and safety lapses at the Fort Washington plant and its other manufacturing facilities.", "\"McNeil is taking steps to bring its operation back to a level of quality that Johnson and Johnson demands of its companies, and that the public rightly expects of us, and that we expect of ourselves,\" the company said in a statement.", "Among the measures, the drugmaker said it has hired an independent pharmaceutical consulting firm to identify corrective actions to improve quality and manufacturing systems at its Fort Washington facility.", "McNeil did not say when it would resume production at the plant.", "Regarding its products, McNeil said it will conduct in-depth quality assessments for each product that the company manufactures to \"ensure each product's ability to meet specifications throughout its shelf life.\"", "The company also said it will update the FDA about its progress implementing the plan at least once a month and would involve an independent firm in making product decisions during the first six months of operation.", "McNeil's other recalls in the past seven months were: .", "-- In November 2009, five lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 count with the EZ-open cap were recalled for unusual odor leading to nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.", "-- In December, the recall was expanded to include all product lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain caplet 100 count bottles with the red EZ-open cap.", "-- In January 2010, the recall was widened to an undisclosed number of Tylenol, Motrin and other over-the-counter drugs after complaints of consumers feeling sick from an odor." ]	[ "Drug company has recalled products 4 times in 7 months .", "Recalls include children's version of Tylenol and Motrin .", "Johnson and Johnson shut down plant, outlines steps to remedy lapses .", "For more information on recalled products, go to the McNeill recall site ." ]	[ 0, 4, 5, 11, 12 ]
[ "(Entertainment Weekly) -- Kara DioGuardi is ensconced in the black velvet cocoon of a small home-recording studio, laying down a demo track while warmed by the glow of spice-scented candles.", "Kara DioGuardi is joining the \"American Idol\" judges for the show's eighth season.", "She's crooning a song she co-wrote -- an encapsulation of falling in love that involves shooting stars and dancing shadows -- in a powerhouse pop voice that lies somewhere between Natasha Bedingfield and Sara Bareilles.", "Somewhere good, that is.", "\"She kills it every time she sings,\" raves her writing partner, Jason Reeves.", "\"He's one of the greatest melody writers I've ever worked with,\" DioGuardi returns.", "Sweet, right?", "So sweet, in fact, that we're starting to worry for DioGuardi, a heretofore behind-the-scenes songwriter-producer who's about to take on the most-watched, most-dissected job in pop music: When \"American Idol\" returns to Fox on January 13, she'll become a fourth judge to Randy, Paula, and Simon.", "It's a job that requires a distinct dearth of sweetness, and a certain amount of, for lack of a better term, Simon Cowell-ness.", "\"Oh, I'm not gonna be this nice on the show,\" DioGuardi assures us.", "In case we weren't convinced, she drops this rant when the subject of \"Idol\" auditions comes up: \"A lot of times people will sing a big song that they don't have the voice for instead of bringing out the uniqueness in their tone,\" she says.", "\"Another thing is, don't cheese me out.", "It's not a wedding band.", "And emote. Make me feel like you mean it.", "Don't just sing the way the song was written.", "That was Mariah's interpretation.", "Now what are you gonna do?\" OK, we're worried again -- but this time for the contestants.", "That's exactly what \"Idol's\" producers are counting on.", "Heading into season 8, they're hoping viewers will be as rapt with how DioGuardi shakes up \"Idol's\" \"dawg\"/\"beautiful\"/\"dreadful\" judging dynamic as they are with which singer takes the big prize.", "And though the show has constantly worked to stay fresh -- allowing contestants to play instruments last year, for instance -- DioGuardi's new energy comes at a critical time, after last season's ratings took an 8 percent dip from 29.8 million viewers to 27.3 million.", "\"Idol\" actually tried adding a fourth judge once before in season 2, with New York radio personality Angie Martinez, but she quit just a few days in, saying it was \"uncomfortable for me to tell someone else to give up on their dream.\"", "Producers expect no such trouble with DioGuardi, who regularly evaluates new talent as a VP of A&R at Warner Bros. and co-owner of music production and publishing house ArtHouse Entertainment.", "She's the kind of 38-year-old who can rock a black leather jacket with leggings and write hits for everyone from Pink to Ashlee Simpson to the Jonas Brothers.", "\"She's very strong-willed, and we needed that with Simon around,\" explains exec producer Ken Warwick.", "\"I don't want anybody too benign on that panel.", "Kara tells it as it is.\"", "The feisty spirit that landed DioGuardi on America's most-judged panel of judges goes back to her Italian upbringing in Scarsdale, New York.", "\"My grandfather was a guy who came through Ellis Island and started a grocery store,\" she says.", "\"So my father had incredible balls.", "He had this I'm-gonna-do-whatever-I-want-to-do-and-you-can't-stop-me thing that I got.\"", "That drive spurred her to college at Duke, where she started out in the opera program but didn't quite fit in with the classical crowd -- so instead she went pre-law.", "\"I always wanted to be a trial attorney,\" she says.", "\"I love to argue.\"", "After graduation in 1993, DioGuardi was living at home and fronting a garage band called Gramma Trips -- \"covering songs, not writing my own\" -- when a friend snagged her an interview for a job as the assistant to the editor in chief and publisher at Billboard magazine, where she ended up spending five years.", "While mastering the business side of the music industry during her workday, DioGuardi spent her downtime learning to craft songs, which she now describes as \"the worst things I've ever heard in my life.", "My first song was called 'Show Me Love,' about a girl who wants the guy to open up his heart.", "It was like, Honey, he's just not that into you.\"", "Eventually, though, she pulled together a respectable demo that she gave to none other than a pre-\"Idol\" Paula Abdul in 1998 by simply walking up to the pop star in New York and dropping the name of a Billboard connection.", "\"I asked her if she was any good,\" Abdul recalls.", "\"She said, 'Yeah, I'm really good.'", "And I believed her.\" Luckily, the demo delivered on DioGuardi's chutzpah: Abdul liked DioGuardi's work so much that she flew her out to stay at her Los Angeles home for six weeks of intensive collaboration.", "The results: a song called \"Spinning Around\" that became Kylie Minogue's 2000 comeback single -- and a genial relationship with Abdul that both women hope will help squelch those intra-panel rivalry rumors.", "\"We were the best roommates,\" says Abdul.", "Adds DioGuardi, \"We didn't have one argument.", "We lived very well together -- it was the strangest thing.\"", "The following year DioGuardi scored with Enrique Iglesias' multiplatinum album \"Escape,\" on which she co-wrote seven songs.", "The title track in particular revealed her knack for irresistible pop hooks, which led to a stunning roll on those charts published by her former employer.", "With 168 of her songs appearing on multiplatinum albums, you can thank (or curse) her for Simpson's \"Pieces of Me,\" Celine Dion's \"Taking Chances,\" Gwen Stefani's \"Rich Girl,\" Hilary Duff's \"Come Clean,\" Christina Aguilera's \"Ain't No Other Man,\" and Pink's \"Sober.\"", "She's also penned cuts for several products of the \"Idol\" machine, including Kelly Clarkson, David Archuleta, David Cook, and Katherine McPhee.", "Industry insiders attribute DioGuardi's prolific portfolio to her no-nonsense work ethic.", "\"If you're in a jam and need something done, she's a great closer,\" says Jimmy Iovine, whose Interscope Records includes DioGuardi collaborators the Pussycat Dolls and will.i.am.", "\"I'd use her for anything.\"", "Music mogul Tommy Mottola -- who paired her with Dion, Marc Anthony, and Jessica Simpson, among others -- agrees: \"She's one of the best I've ever encountered.", "In pop music, where things can be sort of crap and mundane, she finds new twists lyrically, and her melodies are extraordinary.\"", "Another plus, as far as her \"Idol\" credentials go: She's got vocal chops.", "\"The truth is she can sing like there's no tomorrow,\" Warwick says.", "\"So whereas in the past when the kid would say, 'Aw, you couldn't sing any better' and none of the judges even tried, she does, and she can.\"", "But the question remains: Can she hold her own as a TV star?", "Sure, she appeared on ABC's 2006 \"Idol\" rip-off \"The One,\" but it was canceled after only four episodes.", "And crashing Randy, Paula, and Simon's party is something else altogether.", "\"They're like brothers and sisters at this point,\" she says, having already wrapped the brutal preliminary auditions as well as the Hollywood round.", "\"And I'm like the long-lost cousin who they're not sure they wanted to see, but now they're like, Okay, you can stay for dinner.\"", "She has what sounds like Randy Jackson's unequivocal -- and ever-so-Randyesque -- endorsement: \"I think people will look at me first and say, If the dawg is feeling her, then I should feel her too.\"", "For the record, she'll sit between Randy and Paula.", "\"They tried [putting] me between her and Simon,\" explains DioGuardi, \"but they kept trying to communicate and I didn't want to be in the middle of that.\"", "And, yes, both she and Abdul will be keeping their seats; producers insist DioGuardi isn't being groomed as her former mentor's replacement.", "\"That's just cheeky journalistic hype,\" Warwick says.", "Adds DioGuardi, \"Paula and I have a good vibe.", "I have respect for Paula.", "I'm not of the thinking that women should drag each other down.\"", "Abdul says she isn't worrying about her job security (\"I was never told that she was coming in to take my place\") -- and, in fact, only feels more confident with DioGuardi around: \"When I heard she was going to be the fourth judge, I thought, ha ha, hee hee, Simon has no idea I have an ally now.\"", "That's a relief to DioGuardi, who says her biggest challenge will be \"being aware of when to shut up.\"", "But could her penchant for telling it like it is end up rankling a nation of rabid \"Idol\" fans?", "In between singing the praises of a new love on her demo and waxing rhapsodic about writing partner Reeves, DioGuardi muses repeatedly, and without prompting, about whether America will think she's just too darn mean.", "\"I know who I am, but what are people going to perceive me as?\"", "she wonders. \"They may think my intensity and my boldness are bitchy.", "I hope not. I don't think I'm bitchy.", "Do you think I'm bitchy?\"", "No, but fortunately for \"Idol,\" we think she has a lot of potential.", "CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .", "Copyright 2009 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved.", "EW's Adam B. Vary contributed to this article." ]	[ "Kara DioGuardi is new judge on \"American Idol\"\nDioGuardi is successful songwriter, has written for Pink, Gwen Stefani .", "DioGuardi says she'll be tough and fair; she and Paula Abdul are old friends ." ]	[ 1, 7, 25, 31, 63 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Among the 90,000 secret U.S. military documents posted on the internet this week by WikiLeaks are more than a dozen reports of possible attacks on Afghanistan coalition aircraft using heat-seeking shoulder-fired missiles.", "It was that type of missile that brought down numerous Soviet military aircraft when the Soviet Union tried to occupy Afghanistan in the 1980s.", "But among all the reports, one day stands out: May 30, 2007.", "In the first of three attacks on that day, an American CH-47 helicopter code named \"Flipper\" was, according to a leaked report, \"engaged and struck with a missile.\"", "\"The missile struck the aircraft in the left engine,\" the report says.", "\"The impact of the missile projected the aft end of the aircraft up as it burst into flames, followed immediately by a nose dive into the crash site.\"", "All seven troops on board died, including five Americans, a Briton and a Canadian.", "The report goes onto say, \"Based on description of launch, size of round, and impact force of the projectile, it is assessed to be bigger than an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) and possibly a surface-to-air missile.", "Witness statements ... suggest Flipper was struck by MANPAD (man-portable air-defense system).\"", "MANPADs are shoulder-fired missiles that can home in on the heat from an aircraft's engine to destroy it.", "A U.S. military official in Afghanistan said the reports don't tell the whole story.", "\"We're aware of the report on surface-to-air missiles.", "What's being presented is a pretty broad and somewhat random selection of documents that includes information that in some cases is incomplete or not verified by other sources or studies,\" the official said.", "\"There's been no recent activity suggesting that these weapons are a threat, as attested by the volume of our daily air activity and the causes of aircraft incidents, which we report.\"", "Within half an hour of the first attack, two Apache helicopter gunships were fired on by what the pilots thought was a missile.", "The helicopters were not damaged.", "Another half hour later, another attack came from the ground on the same Apaches.", "The report on that incident reads, \"This was possibly the second MANPAD engagement against this flight of Apaches in a 30-minute period.", "Clearly, the Taliban were attempting to down an Apache after downing the CH-47.\"", "Many more reported MANPAD attacks or possible MANPAD attacks were reported in 2007, but none brought down a coalition aircraft.", "Perhaps the best known and most effective MANPADs are American-made Stingers, which the United States supplied to Afghan militia to fight the Soviets.", "At least two of the reports indicate that a Stinger missile could have been used to attack coalition aircraft, albeit unsuccessfully.", "One report details that case of a missile fired at an American F-18 Hornet by what was believed to be a MANPAD.", "And because the missile blew itself up as it approached anti-missile flares, the report's author suggested it was a Stinger.", "\"A Stinger Basic would have likely been the only MANPAD (currently known to be in Afghanistan) capable of a proximity detonation onto the dispensed flares,\" the unidentified commander wrote.", "The Hornet was not damaged and no one was hurt.", "Most of the reports mentioning the specific type of MANPADs refer to older, less sophisticated missiles of Chinese or Soviet design.", "\"The 1st or 2nd generation MANPADs generally encountered in Afghanistan (HN-5, SA-7, SA-14, SA-16) would have had to have made direct contact with one of the flares (in order to) initiate the detonator,\" the report on the F-18 Hornet attack says.", "There's no doubt MANPADs are in Afghanistan.", "One coalition raid on a weapons cache in 2005 found four MANPADs in storage.", "And during a meeting between U.S. military leaders and a provincial governor, \"the governor reported that a man claiming to have MANPADs for sale has been in touch with his staff, presumably to give CF (coalition forces) an opportunity to buy them and get them out of circulation,\" one of the leaked reports says.", "\"The governor referred to them as Blowpipe missiles.", "The seller is going to show the governor a picture to prove that he has them.\"", "It is unclear from the report whether the coalition ever secured the missiles the governor talked about." ]	[ "Documents posted on WikiLeaks.org include possible attacks by MANPADs .", "The missiles may have been used in three attacks on May 30, 2007 .", "The heat-seeking \"man-portable air-defense\" units include U.S. Stinger missiles .", "Most reports refer to older, less sophisticated Chinese or Soviet designs ." ]	[ 0, 8, 26 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The tens of thousands of secret documents released this week by WikiLeaks.org don't provide major new insights into the Afghanistan war, and the media response to the disclosures has been \"vastly overdone,\" says analyst Fareed Zakaria.", "WikiLeaks released more than 75,000 U.S. military documents on Sunday after giving The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Spiegel an advance look at them.", "The disclosures prompted headlines around the world, focusing particularly on reports of ties between Pakistani military and intelligence officials and militant groups fighting NATO forces in Afghanistan.", "The author and host of CNN's \"Fareed Zakaria GPS\" spoke to CNN on Tuesday.", "Here is an edited transcript: .", "CNN: What do you make of the disclosures in the WikiLeaks documents?", "Fareed Zakaria: I think the reaction has been vastly overdone.", "Frankly I think it was overdone by the three newspapers that published them and then by the rest of the media.", "This has been compared by almost everybody involved to the Pentagon Papers.", "They are in fact nothing like that.", "CNN: How were the Pentagon Papers different?", "Zakaria: The Pentagon Papers was a secret report commissioned by the highest levels of government to assess how the war was going in Vietnam.", "What it revealed was that the government, at the very highest level, had been deceiving itself and the American people about the progress of the war, and that the war was in fact going much, much worse than the public had been led to believe.", "What the war logs show is nothing like that at all.", "They provide a lot of granular detail about the complexities of fighting a counterinsurgency war.", "CNN: What's the major thrust of the war logs?", "Zakaria: They effectively show you what Barack Obama was saying on the campaign trail for about a year, which [Sen. John] McCain largely concurred with -- which was that the war in Afghanistan had been badly fought in the years 2004-2008, which is roughly when the logs date from, that it had been under-resourced from 2004-6, that the Taliban had managed to come back ... and that one of the reasons it had been able to come back was the support of the Pakistani military.", "So all this was fairly well known.", "It does provide some richness and bears some little details such as the fact that the Taliban had been using heat-seeking missiles, which was reported but not widely reported.", "To me, that doesn't add up to a basic change in what we know about the war. ...", "If these documents had not been marked \"secret\" and someone presented you with that as reporting, at this point it would not even have made the front page.", "CNN: The head of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has suggested the documents may show \"war crimes\" and said on the Larry King show Monday that \"we see events that are very suspicious.", "... We see an incident in August 2006 where U.S. forces, in one report, kill 181 [of] what they say are insurgents.", "There's one wounded and zero captured.\"", "Zakaria: He cited one episode on the Larry King show.", "A lot of counterinsurgency warfare is being done by helicopters and drones, in which cases there are aerial bombardments.", "Yes there are high casualty rates in those cases, but unless he's alleging that those people were civilians, unless he's alleging something a little more specific, it's very difficult to know what he means by isolating one incident and saying it's suspicious.", "I'm not ruling it out, I'm saying it's a pretty serious charge to make and he's tossed it around rather cavalierly.", "CNN: What's the impact of the release going to be?", "Zakaria: I think the most specific impact is the issue of Pakistan ... the reality is that Pakistan's interest and America's interest are not the same.", "Pakistan has been maintaining its contact with these militant groups.", "The one thing that this report did is to provide enough detail on this set of problems that it's essentially pretty undeniable and it also is very difficult now for the administration to deny that there is a huge problem here -- that the Pakistanis have been playing a double game.", "That part of it seems to shed light very centrally on the role of Pakistan.", "Again to be fair, the Obama administration came into power arguing that Afghanistan needed to be thought of as \"Afpak,\" that Pakistan is very much part of the problem and part of the solution.", "And they have been working on that. It's not an easy problem because we have limited leverage with Pakistan.", "CNN: Why can't the United States take a firmer stance with Pakistan?", "Zakaria: If you were to shun and isolate them, it would probably strengthen even further their contacts with the militants.", "So I recognize that this is a thorny problem for any administration.", "But I do think it centrally highlights this problem, that you're really never going to solve the Afghanistan problem as long as you have not just a safe haven across the border, but a safe haven in which the government on the other side is playing footsie with the terrorists.", "CNN: Regarding the Afghan war, you've noted that CIA director Leon Panetta has said there are probably only 50-100 members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan now.", "How should that affect U.S. policy?", "Zakaria: There's no question that our efforts in Afghanistan are disproportionate.", "There are simply many cheaper and more cost effective ways to deal with the very real problem of al Qaeda and the potential for a reconstituted Taliban that would shelter al Qaeda.", "Those are both real threats but I think there are ways to deal with them short of a foreign troop presence of 150,000 and expenditures in the $200 billion a year range.", "That said, you can't switch this engagement off like a television set.", "There are 50 countries involved, NATO involved and the entire international community at some level involved.", "I think that what we have in place right now is a strategy that says Gen. [David] Petraeus [the top military commander in Afghanistan] is going to be given a year to try to stabilize the situation, and then a year from now we are going to begin a drawdown.", "I think that that's perfectly reasonable.", "I don't see any advantage to an immediate, precipitous drawdown that begins tomorrow. ...", "But I do think we need to start moving to rebalance American foreign policy.", "CNN: What do you mean by rebalancing?", "Zakaria: We have simply spent far too much time in Iraq and Afghanistan.", "We are dealing there with the problems of the past.", "The problems of the future, the opportunities of the future, lie elsewhere in the world, in Asia and Latin America, and we should be spending more time and effort on those rather than on reorganizing the tribal relations between the Pashtuns and the non-Pashtuns in Afghanistan and and the Sunnis and the Shia in Iraq.", "These are pretty much the same problems the British were dealing with 100 years ago and they are not going to be amenable to a simple solution.", "We should stabilize things and then draw down." ]	[ "WikiLeaks released more than 75,000 U.S. military documents on Afghan war .", "Fareed Zakaria says comparison to Pentagon Papers was excessive .", "He says the new documents show detail on things that had been known before .", "Zakaria: U.S. efforts in Afghan war are out of proportion to the threat, should be reduced ." ]	[ 0, 1, 11, 24, 40, 41 ]

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